Here are a couple of books I've read on the topic of Divorce and The Step-Family. They've helped me immensely, though I'm a huge advocate of taking what you like and leaving the rest. I don't necessarily agree with all of it, but all of it helped change my perspective on many things. I will add links to Amazon so that you can read a bit of each with more thorough descriptions and reviews.
The first is titled The Smart Step-Family, by Ron L. Deal.
Deal, a family life minister and licensed MFT, looks at every aspect of step-families in the context of a relationship with a forgiving God. It's practical in that he covers many issues faced by step-families everywhere, including the "sea of opposition" facing them, roles in the family, ex-spouses, co-parenting and letters from step-families who "are making it". It was encouraging and convicting.
The other book, Divorce Poison, by Dr. Richard A. Warshak, gives advice on how to recognize and respond to alienation in its many forms, from bad-mouthing to brain-washing, in order to salvage the parent-child relationship. This book offers tools on how to stop reacting and start making a positive change in the relentless cycle of poisoning. Again, this book was very encouraging as well as convicting.
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