Split

How do ordinary people deal with relationship breakdown? Relationship breakdown is played out behind closed doors, in the privacy of the home and under the protection of the family courts. Away from the glare of the media and the scrutiny of the public, what really happens when a couple decides to call it a day? How do they make the decision to leave their relationship and how do they deal with the consequences? In Split, fourteen men and women speak candidly about their relationships, how they ended and how they picked up the pieces afterwards. They share the lessons they have learned about dealing with the legal, financial and emotional fallout that separation and divorce inevitably entail. From coping with abusive and alcoholic partners to negotiating the minefield of parenting alone, they offer invaluable personal insights from first-hand experience. They tell us where they sought help and detail their experiences with the legal, medical and social services. Having dealt with the issues of loss, abandonment and self-esteem that are so often associated with relationship breakdown, they reveal how they moved forward and accepted the challenge of building a new life.