Books: Hasta la vista, baby

A new so-called self-help book promotes family crack-ups | Chris Stamper

Seventy-five percent of all divorces are instigated by wives. At least part of the reason why is evident in a new self-help book for women that has hit at least one major bestseller list and was recently given major news magazine treatment as a counter to Dan Quale's family-values campaign. Cutting Loose operates with the premise that divorce is good for you.

The author, Ashton Applewhite, set her husband free after reading Susan Faludi's feminist bestseller Backlash. She decided her husband was too insecure since she was the breadwinner in the family. So out she went. These days, her two kids split their days between two Manhattan apartments. Now Ms. Applewhite says she's got a great new boyfriend and she looks and feels great. Now she wants to inflict her happiness on the rest of the world with this diabolical book.

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