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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 792.028092 EAN: 9780312363369 ISBN: 0312363362 Label: St. Martin's Press Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 240 Publication Date: September 23, 2008 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Release Date: September 23, 2008 Studio: St. Martin's Press Sales Rank: 13030 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: “I have been through some of the worst of contentious divorce litigation,” Alec Baldwin declares in A Promise to Ourselves. Using a very personal approach, he offers practical guidance to help others avoid the anguish he has endured. An Academy and Tony Award nominee and a 2007 recipient of Golden Globe, SAG, and Television Critics Association Awards for best actor in a comedy, Alec Baldwin is one of the best-known, most successful actors in the world. His relationship with Kim Basinger, the Academy Award–winning actress, lasted nearly a decade. They have a daughter named Ireland, and for a time, theirs seemed to be the model of a successful Hollywood marriage. But in 2000 they separated and in 2002 divorced. Their split---specifically the custody battle surrounding Ireland---would be the subject of media attention for years to come. In his own life and others’, Baldwin has seen the heavy toll that divorce can take---psychologically, emotionally, and financially. He has been extensively involved in divorce litigation, and he has witnessed the way that noncustodial parents, especially fathers, are often forced to abandon hopes of equitable rights when it comes to their children. He makes a powerful case for reexamining and changing the way divorce and child custody is decided in this country and levels a scathing attack at what he calls the “family law industry.” When it comes to his experiences with judges, court-appointed therapists, and lawyers, Baldwin pulls no punches. He casts a light on his own divorce and the way the current family law system affected him, his ex-wife, and his daughter, as well as many other families. This is an important, informative, and deeply felt book on a contentious subject that offers hope of finding a better way. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - thanks Alec for your openness and your sharingFantastic book. Thanks so much Alec Baldwin for your courage, your moxie, your openness, your sharing. I facilitate a dad's resource group in central IL, and while the courts here aren't the CA family courts (minor procedural and detail differences), the Illinois courts are as bad, as prejudiced against fathers, as painful a system. The system is broken beyond any semblance of working, and the presumption of shared parenting/joint custody needs to be the NORM never the exception. Read More Rating: - Articulate, Informative and Eye-OpeningWhen I first heard that Alec Baldwin was writing a book about his divorce and the ruthless custody battle between him and his ex-wife Kim Basinger, I had to wonder in how many ways he would seek to slander her. I, like most of the ignorant public, considered Baldwin a volatile man, having seen his assault of a paparazzi on the news after the birth of his daughter Ireland and having heard the notorious and venomous voice mail he left for his daughter in 2006 (courtesy of the slimy celebrity news ... Read More Rating: - Read!The reader must focus on the very current and painful topic of this book, not on the writer. I.e. the promises we make to ourselves for our kids, the corrupted divorce system, and the Parental Alienation. Alec endured one of the most incredible battles of a lifetime: he certainly has a lot to teach us all. Alec pours out of his chest the despicable family law system that this country has generated with the emotion of a caring father and the lucidity of an historian. I applaud Alec for it! Read More Rating:  - Who is this woman on the cover?I bought this book because of the beautiful picture of Tyne Daly on the cover. She is my most favorite actress. But the book is not about Tyne at all! It is about some guy who is really pissed at his ex-wife. Can I return this book and get the Tyne Daly one instead? Rating: - A MUCH NEEDED ATTACK ON A CORRUPT SYSTEMCongratulations to a courageous author. Unlike the sour grapes review by Haley ( who is probably a lawyer ), this book is a much needed attack on a system that needs total overhaul. Baldwin limits it to the family judicial system. I would ask that some interested author extend it to the whole American distorted take on civil jurisprudence. Across the board the money hungry lawyers have a financial field day at the expense of the public. The judges are overwhelmingly lazy bureaucrats with tenure, ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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