Book excerpt: A Short Guide to a Happy Divorce is the book for when divorce is the right path and the healthy path for you and your spouse. A happy divorce? That might sound like an oxymoron, and it is for many divorced couples and families. But when divorce becomes the final answer, spouses often realize that they now have another chance for happiness and fulfillment. The decision to get a divorce is one of life’s most significant. There is no downplaying it. Once that decision is made, it’s time to shift gears and revise perspectives: divorce is the right path and the healthy path for you and your spouse. In A Short Guide to a Happy Divorce, Sharon Gilchrest O’Neill guides you through this stage of life with her accessible and personal approach that works to achieve the goal of finding happiness in divorcing, in order to improve your life, as well as the lives of your family members.