Now What?: Navigating an Unimaginable Divorce

by Nancy Stevens

Overview

Nancy Stevens captures attention as she leads you through an unimaginable divorce story of deception and cruelty. Offering insights and practical take-aways, she gives hope to readers experiencing their own journey.

As a contented Army wife, married for forty-six years to a career Army officer, Nancy is faced with a cheating husband who, after conducting a clandestine affair, suddenly decides to divorce her. In thirty-one heart-breaking chapters, Nancy relates the twists and turns dealing with a pathologically lying husband, a scheming mistress who becomes the second wife, a military bureaucracy that protects its own, the traumas of legal issues and bankruptcy manipulation, ugly depositions and traumatic court appearances.

With creativity, wit and humor Nancy’s account reveals both struggle and hope. Helpful strategies and cogent advice are included at the end of each chapter plus words of encouragement throughout to help other women experiencing or contemplating divorce. These resources will help readers searching for answers on how to prepare, protect themselves and take the next steps.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781950892501
Publisher:	Clovercroft Publishing
Publication date:	08/04/2020
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Nancy Stevens, a Seattle native, studied interior design and art at Seattle University. She and her [then] Army husband began married life by moving to Germany. The couple was stationed at numerous US military installations and her husband deployed to both Vietnam and Korea. They raised two kids and after 45 years of marriage Nancy suddenly discovered her husband had found another woman and was divorcing her. The next ten years were spent navigating an unimaginable divorce. Nancy hopes her experiences and lessons learned will be helpful to those facing similar journeys.

Table of Contents

Preface vii

Acknowledgments xi

1 I'm Divorcing You 1

2 Time to Reminisce 10

3 Must Have Been Blind 17

4 The Phone Call 21

b Screw Him! 28

5 My New Best Friend 34

7 Know Your Enemy 38

8 Inspector Clouseau and Me 43

9 The Search for Tumbleweed 48

10 Keeping Up With the Jeffersons 53

11 The Cold Call 61

12 "The Pillow" 69

13 The Deposition 77

14 Unprepared to Divvy Up My Life 87

15 Headwinds Make Flying Solo Difficult 93

16 Showing Respect to His New Wife 99

17 My Son's Deployment 109

18 War, Love and R&R 115

19 Where, Oh Where, is the Alimony? 122

20 A True Brats' Love Story 129

21 The 29th Returns 142

22 Contempt of Court - and Stalking 147

23 Texas, Here I Come 154

24 Cocktail Napkins Say the Darnedest Things 166

25 His Net Worth 170

26 The Battalion Commander 182

27 Meltdown with Milou 187

28 Maximilian and Me 195

29 Deutschland and An Officer's Wife 206

30 Moving Onward and Upward 212

31 The Ex Husband Strikes Again 218

Glossary 224

Resources 233