James J. Sexton is a trial lawyer with two decades of experience negotiating and litigating high-conflict divorces. He wakes up every day at 4am to return emails and plot his next moves in the chess match of matrimonial law, while somehow still maintaining faith in humanity and love. In his limited free time, he trains and competes in mixed martial arts and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He lives in Manhattan.
"Who would have guessed that the person who gives the best advice
about marriage was the guy responsible for getting you out of
yours?"
--Judith Newman, The New York Times Book Review "I love it. Who
better than a divorce lawyer to help a couple figure out how to
keep it together?"
--Andy Cohen, host of BRAVO's Watch What Happens Live "Nobody knows
the dark side of marriage like a divorce lawyer, and James Sexton
is a good one. In this engaging, wry, and illuminating book, Sexton
shares his legal war stories and dispenses some no-nonsense
relationship advice for anybody thinking about getting married or
hoping to stay that way. It's an entertaining dose of tough love
from a man who knows what he's talking about."
--Tom Perrotta, author of Little Children and Mrs. Fletcher
"Divorce is common, obviously, but how many people make the logical
projection that seeds of thousands of future divorces are being
planted and nurtured right now? How many couples recognize
themselves as the misery farmers? While there's still time to stop
themselves? James J. Sexton has a useful vantage point, blunt
advice and enough grisly stories to make self-help
entertaining--unless, I suppose, the marriage he's describing is
yours."
--Carolyn Hax, nationally syndicated advice columnist for The
Washington Post "Here are three things I did while I read this
book: laughed, cringed, and scribbled a whole slew of notes in the
margins. In How to Stay in Love, James Sexton delivers frank,
no-holds-barred advice, gleaned from the front lines of divorce.
The real trick, though, is how he does it with so much love.
Despite its wonderfully grim title, this is a book teeming with
hope."
--Grant Ginder, author of The People We Hate at the Wedding "Wryly
written with plenty of candid wit and straightforward opinions...
Sexton's enthusiasm and affinity for marriage stories is evident
throughout as he examines issues such as honesty, sex negotiations,
infidelity, long-term relationship 'slippage, ' and that stinging
realization that 'what's fun when you're dating is a pain in the
ass when you're married'... Sage counsel to help readers better
navigate the trajectories of their own relationships."
--Kirkus Reviews "James J. Sexton's book is a delightful surprise.
Sexton is not offering the usual how-to-have-a-happy marriage book,
but rather a how-not-to-divorce book.... Sexton doesn't judge.
People fall in love then life interferes and marriages dissolve.
"
--Newark Star Ledger
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