UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA – Author Pamela Henry spoke at the ReadersMagnet exhibit at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on April 27, 2025, about how her memoir raises a rarely discussed topic: People who regret divorce. “I’m trying to reach people before they divorce for the wrong reasons, to spare them from regret later, and save their children from unnecessary trauma.”
She said her book can be healing for anyone touched by divorce. “If you regret divorce from the past, if you grew up under divorce, and if you aren’t married yet, this book has an angle for you to heal and prepare. This is the book that would have spared me from divorce had I read it. So I wrote it instead.”
A common thread detected at this year’s festival: Writing through trauma to overcome it. Author Christina Maria Martinez’s booth had people putting positive messages up. Henry wrote on her message: “Stay married for the kids.” Author Deb Runge (above in blue with red lanyard) is offering Christian women over age 30 five free days of life coaching on Zoom (email recoveryourmission@gmail.com). And author Dr. Jocelyn Mull signed copies of Forgive: It Takes Love To Win about her son’s murder.
“When people write about trauma, it helps readers avert it, and also cope with their own,” Henry said.
For your 2026 calendar: The dates of the 2026 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at the University of Southern California have been released. April 18-19, 2026 will mark the one-year anniversary of the release of Soul Custody: Sparing Children from Divorce. Visit the Soul Custody Press tent for live watercolor sketches by Aislin Henry and half price signed copies of all three Soul Custody Press books. To sign up as a sponsor, exhibitor or volunteer at the festival now, go to https://events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks/
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