Recommended reading for a mum going through an unwanted separation

[Juno]

Hi. Feel slightly bad that I haven't posted on mn for AGES but now I really need a favour! A great friend of mine is facing the possibility that her husband is going to leave her and their four dcs. I want to get her some reading material but having just had a look on Amazon, I can't separate the wheat from the chaff. Can anyone recommend any titles that they found helpful? Thanks ever so much in advance
Juno

[Juno]

Please?!

[cestlavielife]

Putting Children First: A Handbook for Separated Parents (Paperback)
by Karen Woodall
Karen Woodall (Author)
(Author), Nick Woodall (Author)
Price: £7.30
www.amazon.co.uk/Putting-Children-First-Handbook-Separated/dp/0749928042?tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21
is good

and
What About the Children? How To Help Children Survive Separation and Divorce by Julie Lynn Evans (Paperback - 26 Mar 2009)
Buy new: £12.99 £8.44
www.amazon.co.uk/About-Children-Survive-Separation-Divorce/dp/0593060709/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21 qid=1271164329&sr=1-1

for the kids i love
Two of Everything (Paperback)
by Babette Cole (Author)
Price: £3.99

www.amazon.co.uk/Two-Everything-Babette-Cole/dp/0099220628/ref=pd_sim_b_3?tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21

[ninah]

Personally in her situation I'd find someone to talk to/listen, odd bottle of wine, bath stuff (middle aged emoticon, but still) far more important than reading about it
I'd want to discuss it sometimes and escape from it too ifswim
I'd have found reading up on divorce like searching the net for medical advice - gloomy and terrifying
if she's asked for this fine but if not is it what she would actually like?

[Juno]

Thanks for that, Cestlavie. Had actually got found Putting Children First on Amazon and liked what I read of it before passing it on to her.

Ninah, appreciate your take on it. She has got a fair number of people to talk to, but I was more thinking for times when she can't sleep or when friends are temporarily unavailable, some people find it helpful to skim through some relevant literature.