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Sofia of the band Femina, with long red hair and sunglasses, in The Divorce Dress on a patterned rug in Joshua Tree
Sofia of Femina. Rock star.

Whose dress is it?

my husband's ex-wife's.

It hung in the back of Kenda's closet for two years. Selling it on eBay felt wrong. Keeping it felt weirder.

Then one night, after drinks and a few rounds of pool, Kenda and Georgia had a better idea. They put it on. They took pictures. They laughed until they cried, and then they just cried a little.

Ten years later the dress has been to Joshua Tree, Paris, London and Maui. Married people, divorced people, people who have never been anywhere near an altar have all put it on and told us about the breakups that made them. Each of them left behind a story and a haiku.

This book is about the pain of a breakup, the strength it takes to move on, and how ridiculous it all is.

A haiku from the book

Ah, breakfast in bedAnd a little note that readI am leaving you

Who's worn it

and we're not done yet

  • Georgia in a hat laughing with a man wearing The Divorce Dress in front of a pink trailer
    Georgia, doing the honors
  • Kenda and Georgia in wedding dresses at a house party, the night The Divorce Dress began
    where it all started
  • Laura Wasser in The Divorce Dress on a pink velvet chair, wearing boxing gloves and cowboy boots, holding a cigar
    Laura Wasser, attorney to the stars
  • Kenda's mom in The Divorce Dress, swirling the skirt on an old railroad bridge
    Mom
  • A man in The Divorce Dress by an old wooden door at La Cave, a jazz club in Paris
    La Cave, Paris. Jazz-night surprise.
  • A couple on a boat in Maui: one woman in The Divorce Dress laughing while her partner kneels in a joke proposal
    Maui. Down on one knee, just kidding.
  • A woman in The Divorce Dress with a flower in her hair, in profile against a pink and white trailer
    Joshua Tree
  • A man with a mustache wearing The Divorce Dress, sitting on a striped blanket under the trees
    Peter
  • A woman in a red sweater wearing The Divorce Dress on a London street
    London
  • A woman in The Divorce Dress kneeling on a rug in the desert, hands on her head, mid scream
    how it feels, honestly
  • A woman in The Divorce Dress tipping her head back to the blue desert sky
    free
  • Kenda laughing in The Divorce Dress, perched barefoot on a marble bar at night
    same dress, years later