Traditionally, employees at auction houses court collectors for years, waiting for them to divorce, run into debt, or die — the so-called "three 'D's".
(An anecdote about her mother's blank-eyed amble in a French shopping mall after the divorce runs through the book in correspondence with a similar scene in the film, of the solitary Wanda killing time in a mall).
Does divorce run in the family?
This latest Palin split has us wondering: does divorce run in the family?
I was determined not to repeat the patterns of the past - especially because divorce runs in my family.
Although it is a little hard to pin down exactly how Ms. Jones, who lives in Flatbush, Brooklyn, and is divorced, runs such a tight ship, she clearly seems to have the knack.
(Dead? Divorced? Run off like Sonia?) Stupidities are endless -- Jackie texts her mom and says she's pregnant to try and get her to come home.
The 31-year-old, who lost part of her left leg from the blasts, has divorced, run the Boston Marathon on a prosthetic limb, married her college sweetheart, had her second child (something doctors told her wasn't possible), wrote a memoir, and this year started a nonprofit to help children with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Mr. Welch's prenuptial agreement -- which limited a financial settlement in case of divorce -- ran out six months before he left her, so Mrs. Welch stands to receive half of his considerable assets.
To a wedding, I walked; to a divorce, I ran.
