Synopsis Film and television star Alec Baldwin (GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS, 30 ROCK) takes a scathing look at the American family law system in A PROMISE TO OURSELVES, a passionate and brutally revealing memoir of his bitter divorce and custody battle with the actress Kim Basinger. Baldwin is known for his brooding persona, and his angst and anger are in full display in this heartfelt plea for more fairness and decency in a system that tears parents (typically the father) away from their children, sometimes resulting in the bitterness and depression of P.A.S. (Parental Alienation Syndrome).
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2008-09-23 |
| Size | | Length: | 223 pages | | Height: | 9.5 in | | Width: | 6.0 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 19.2 oz |
Publisher's Note Sharing details of his own contentious divorce litigation, the award-winning actor discusses the heavy toll of divorce--financial, psychological, and emotional--on non-custodial parents, offering practical guidelines on such topics as prenuptial agreements, how to select an attorney, custody and visitation strategies, and more. 200,000 first printing.
Industry Reviews "Divorce is hell. Lawyers are vultures. Children get lost. Baldwin bravely set out to illuminate and change the way divorce is conducted in this country; he also, wittingly or not, offers a candid, unhappy portrait of a marriage gone desperately sour." (10/05/2008)
"Alec Baldwin's A PROMISE TO OURSELVES proceeds from a double-pronged thesis: that American divorce laws are deeply flawed, and that Kim Basinger is a crazy bitch." (05/01/2009)
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