Separation Anxiety: A Wickedly Funny Story of Marriage, Midlife Crisis, and Finding Yourself

Wickedly funny and surprisingly tender, Separation Anxiety offers a frank portrait of middle-aged limbo, examining the ebb and flow of life’s most important relationships. Tapping into the insecurities and anxieties that most of us keep under wraps, and with a voice that is at once gleefully irreverent and genuinely touching, Laura Zigman has crafted a new classic for anyone taking fumbling steps toward happiness.

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Published Dec 1, 2020

284 pages

Average rating: 6.57

28 RATINGS

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ClinicallyBookish
Jan 11, 2026
6/10 stars
“Autumn, my favorite season, has always made me sad—the brightness of the sky and trees, the promise of hope and renewal always feels like a trick, an invitation for disappointment, instead of a gift.” I really disliked Judy. A lot. She really got on my nerves with her self-absorption, but I also could identify a lot with her identity-crisis and her indecision about what the right next step was for her. But I guess I wasn't necessarily supposed to like her. Especially if she was mirroring things about myself that I don't like. We sometimes want nothing and everything to change. That's tough. I get it. The good news is that there was some laugh-out-loud to balance out the annoying.
Nancyjoy7
Dec 20, 2022
4/10 stars
Better than expected for a book about a middle aged depressed woman. Still only read the when thing to see how it turned out.

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