The Great Catastrophe of My Life
Buckley S. J., Thomas E.![The Great Catastrophe of My Life](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/164/1642370/CHSBZCOP031642370.jpg)
From the end of the Revolution until 1851, the Virginia legislature granted most divorces in the state. It did so rarely, however, turning down two-thirds of those who petitioned for them. Men and women who sought release from unhappy marriages faced a harsh legal system buttressed by the political, religious, and communal cultures of southern life. Through the lens of this hostile environment, Thomas Buckley explores with sympathy the lives a...