Cognoscenti Presents: Recovering from divorce

Wed Feb 11 2026 at 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm UTC-05:00

WBUR CitySpace | Brookline

WBUR CitySpace
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Cognoscenti Presents: Recovering from divorce
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In the United States, 41% of first marriages and 60% of second marriages end in divorce. Two thirds of divorced couples go on to remarry. Join Cognoscenti, WBUR’s ideas and opinions team, during Lovers Week to explore how divorce has evolved over the decades from a shame-inducing act to, for many, one of liberation.
Therapist and divorce expert Oona Metz will share her advice for navigating this often painful journey and coming out the other side; essayist Scaachi Koul will recount her own divorce at the same time she lost her job and her mother was diagnosed with cancer; and author Nicole Graev Lipson will untangle the many challenges facing women navigating marriage and motherhood. Morning Edition host Tiziana Dearing moderates.
Copies of Metz’s book,“Unhitched: The Essential Divorce Guide for Women,” Koul’s book “Sucker Punch” and Lipson’s book “Mothers and Other Fictional Characters: A Memoir in Essays” will be available to purchase from our bookstore partner Brookline Booksmith and the authors will sign following the conversation.
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