Instead of standard realism he favors a strategy that abstracts everyday actions and statements into theatrical gestures, in which archival footage is re-edited or re-staged, real
people perform
fictional scenarios based on their own lives and historical observations intermesh with contemporary narratives.
The chapters include characters and
scenarios (a combination of real
people I have encountered in my 35 years of practice, and hypothetical /
fictional situations), plus worksheets for personal reflection, together intended to raise readers» awareness about what causes relationships to disintegrate, what keeps
people stuck in their battles, and the pain and suffering that can occur in the throes of divorce and its aftermath.