The Challenges of Single-Parenting

One minute youre married with two young daughters. The next, youre trying to navigate through the world of single parenting. Theo Pauline Nestor, the author of How to Sleep Alone in a King-Size Bed, shares her story of divorce and adjustment. Then - how retail giant IKEA is helping the environment.

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How to Sleep Alone in a King-Size Bed About half of all marriages in the US end up in divorce, leaving legions of women to pick themselves up and move on. For many that includes raising children alone and trying to re-enter the workforce. Theo Pauline Nestor is the author of How to Sleep Alone in a King-Size Bed. Its her true story of how she found out her husband gambled away thousands of dollars without her knowledge and she asked him to leave. Suddenly she is single with two daughters and no income.
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IKEAs Bagging the Plastic Bag Many companies talk about their environmental policies but for IKEA it has been an important part of their business for over 60 years. Mona Astra Liss, IKEA Director of Corporate Communication discusses their Bag the Plastic Bag initiative, which has helped keep 65 million plastic bags out of landfills.
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How To Sleep Alone In A King-Size Bed Funny, knowing, and bittersweet, this is one woman's saga of life after divorce, from mothering alone to being romanced by her brooding high school boyfriend to facing the legacy of her mother and grandmothers, who left their own husbands decades before. How to Sleep Alone in a King-Size Bed will speak to anyone who has passed through the halls of divorce court or risked tenderness after loss. It marks the debut of an enchanting, deeply truthful voice.

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Theo Pauline Nestor Theo Pauline Nestor's fiction and non-fiction have been published in a number of places including Brain, Child, Alligator Juniper, msn.com, austinmama.com, happenmag.com and The New York Times. Her essay "The Chicken's in the Oven, My Husband's out the Door" was recently published in "Modern Love: Fifty True and Extraordinary Tales of Desire, Deceit and Devotion." Her memoir "How to Sleep Alone in a King-Size Bed," a Kirkus Reviews Top Pick for Reading Groups, will soon be translated into German. She teaches memoir writing for the University of Washington’s Extension Program. Click here to visit her website