Twilight Divorce — Extended Version

When Growth Arrives Late

Roland Y. Kim, Ph.D.

About This Book

The extended edition examines late-life divorce as a developmental process rather than a truly sudden event. It explores how long-standing marital roles can remain stable for decades and then become unsettled when one or both partners begin to change, differentiate, or seek a self that the marriage had previously contained.

What You’ll Explore

The Five Emotional Stages; marriage as a developmental container; attraction as developmental fit; fear, safety, control, care, power, guilt, identity, and differentiation; why communication skills alone may not resolve developmental conflict; adult children; marriage graduation; post-divorce contact and boundaries; and practical companion guides for families after separation.

Who This Book Is For

For spouses navigating late-life marital change, adult children affected by their parents’ divorce, and readers interested in the developmental psychology of long-term marriage, separation, renegotiation, and growth.