Haley Mlotek

I'm recommending divorce. That resonates. And that didn't end up happening. But my brilliant friend, the editor, Dana Tortorici, suggested maybe I just write that anyways for her at M plus one. And in the course of working with her, I actually started thinking about it seriously. I have a tendency to, you know, you've read the book, you've seen I can be a little opaque.

I prefer a bit of a punchline over directness. But that was when I really started to realize that this was my subject and this was my topic and my genre. And soon after that, that's when I really went fully into the book itself. Yeah.

I prefer a bit of a punchline over directness. But that was when I really started to realize that this was my subject and this was my topic and my genre. And soon after that, that's when I really went fully into the book itself. Yeah.

I prefer a bit of a punchline over directness. But that was when I really started to realize that this was my subject and this was my topic and my genre. And soon after that, that's when I really went fully into the book itself. Yeah.

I knew a lot about divorce, probably too much because my mother is a divorce mediator. What a specific job.

I knew a lot about divorce, probably too much because my mother is a divorce mediator. What a specific job.

I knew a lot about divorce, probably too much because my mother is a divorce mediator. What a specific job.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

I will introduce you.

I will introduce you.

I will introduce you.

She would love that. Yeah, she was trained as a teacher, actually. She went to school for education and then got certified as a family mediator because she was always interested in families and relationships and divorce. And I read in the book, my grandmother was divorced twice. So she also had a very... involved interest in the topic.

She would love that. Yeah, she was trained as a teacher, actually. She went to school for education and then got certified as a family mediator because she was always interested in families and relationships and divorce. And I read in the book, my grandmother was divorced twice. So she also had a very... involved interest in the topic.

She would love that. Yeah, she was trained as a teacher, actually. She went to school for education and then got certified as a family mediator because she was always interested in families and relationships and divorce. And I read in the book, my grandmother was divorced twice. So she also had a very... involved interest in the topic.

And so there were always divorcing couples or families that had already been through a divorce in our basement, working out their parenting plans or their separation agreements. And so it definitely didn't seem normal. Even when I was a kid, I understood that it was unusual, but it certainly seemed very present. There were enough people coming through that it made it obvious to me that

And so there were always divorcing couples or families that had already been through a divorce in our basement, working out their parenting plans or their separation agreements. And so it definitely didn't seem normal. Even when I was a kid, I understood that it was unusual, but it certainly seemed very present. There were enough people coming through that it made it obvious to me that

And so there were always divorcing couples or families that had already been through a divorce in our basement, working out their parenting plans or their separation agreements. And so it definitely didn't seem normal. Even when I was a kid, I understood that it was unusual, but it certainly seemed very present. There were enough people coming through that it made it obvious to me that

that, you know, somehow this was this thing that people talked about as though it was so awful and should be avoided. And yet we were all in some way participating in it.