How to Sleep Alone in a King-Size Bed - Hardcover

Nestor, Theo Pauline

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0307346765 ISBN 13: 9780307346766

Publisher: Crown Pub, 2008

Synopsis

A bittersweet memoir of life after divorce describes how the author left her gambling addict husband and her efforts to build a new life for her two young daughters, deals with with the family legacy of divorce, reconnects with a brooding high-school boyfriend, and comes to terms with single life and parenthood. 30,000 first printing.

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Review:

"Theo has a big heart, a real feeling for the pain and craziness of human life."
—Frank McCourt, author of "Angela's Ashes"
“Theo Nestor has an uncommon ability to evoke common yet very intense emotions. "How to Sleep Alone in a King-Size Bed" is smart, astringent, funny, precise, candid, and possesses not an ounce of self-pity.”
—David Shields, author of "The Thing About Life Is That One Day You’ll Be Dead"
“Heartbreakingly honest, wryly funny, and revelatory . . . [Nestor’s] clever and relatable prose makes her tale endearing and insightful, and she sidesteps the clichés of a woman wounded with bittersweet honesty.”
—LadiesHomeJournal.com
“A divorced mother’s funny, chatty, revealing take on Splitsville–with just enough anguish and sadness to be utterly believable...An unexpected treat here is a vivid portrait of the author's thrice-married, utterly nonmaternal but generous mo

"Theo has a big heart, a real feeling for the pain and craziness of human life."
--Frank McCourt, author of Angela's Ashes

"Theo Nestor has an uncommon ability to evoke common yet very intense emotions. How to Sleep Alone in a King-Size Bed is smart, astringent, funny, precise, candid, and possesses not an ounce of self-pity."
--David Shields, author of The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead

"Heartbreakingly honest, wryly funny, and revelatory . . . [Nestor's] clever and relatable prose makes her tale endearing and insightful, and she sidesteps the clichés of a woman wounded with bittersweet honesty."
--LadiesHomeJournal.com

"A divorced mother's funny, chatty, revealing take on Splitsville-with just enough anguish and sadness to be utterly believable...An unexpected treat here is a vivid portrait of the author's thrice-married, utterly nonmaternal but generous mother...Women going through the pain and turmoil of separation and divorce will appreciate Nestor's candor and wit. Not another slick how-to, but a comforting reminder that life goes on after the spouse is gone." --Kirkus

From the Hardcover edition.

About the Author:

\THEO PAULINE NESTOR teaches writing at the University of Washington. Her essay “The Chicken’s in the Oven, My Husband’s out the Door” was published in the New York Times “Modern Love” column and was the genesis of this book. She lives in Seattle, Washington, with her two daughters.

About this edition

• Publisher: Crown Pub
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0307346765
• ISBN 13: 9780307346766
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 274