Recycling the Family: Remarriage After Divorce

This volume reports on the result of a longitudinal study of the social, psychological, and economic adjustment to the transition from marriage to divorce to remarriage. While remarriage has become increasingly common in real life it has largely been ignored in literature. Furstenberg and Spanier present for the first time the result of a serious study of the world of remarried couples. Many factors change in the second marriage -- there is the presence of former spouses and complex familial arrangements, and the involved system of relationships forces us to reconsider our entire definition of the family. This volume adds to our knowledge of remarriage through exploratory interviews and surveys. It is a companion study to Spanier and Linda Thompson's book, Parting: The Aftermath of Separation and Divorce, also available from SAGE.Furstenberg, Frank F., Jr. is the author of 'Recycling the Family: Remarriage After Divorce' with ISBN 9780803922600 and ISBN 0803922604.