Reflections on Identity

Is Giving up the Family Home Harder Than Giving up the Marriage?

When your forevers come to an end

Laura Friedman Williams
5 min readMar 8, 2022

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When my decades-long marriage ended four years ago, I wasn’t thinking about where I would live. I was in shock; practicalities took a backseat — which, in and of itself is shocking, for I am nothing if not a practical woman.

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Laura Friedman Williams

Author of AVAILABLE: A Very Honest Account of Life After Divorce (Boro/HarperUK June ‘21; Harper360 May ‘21). Mom of three, diehard New Yorker.