Hollywood actor Alec Baldwin has put pen to paper to write a divorce guide for men to help them get through their divorce. Alec’s book, “A Promise To Ourselves: A Journey Through Fatherhood And Divorce” is to be published next month, on the 23rd September.

Alec had a particularly public and messy divorce from his actress wife of seven years, Kim Basinger. His book however isn’t another attempt to spark further argument with his ex-wife. His book is to help other men, and not to snipe at Kim Basinger, even though Alec did once describe his ex wife Kim as:

‘dark and manipulative’ and ‘a thoughtless pain in the ass’.

Alec wants to make peace with his ex wife now:

I took care to be very kind and measured in dealing with her.

It is not a personal memoir, and I have no desire to settle some score with her through this. In fact, I was originally reluctant to write this book for that very reason.

Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger were married in 1993, even appearing in an episode of The Simpsons together. They were separated in 2000 though, and went through a bitter breakup and custody battle for their daughter, Ireland, who is now thirteen.

Kim Basinger once famously called Alec:

A tinpot tyrant and bully.

Alec hopes that his book will help other men get through their divorce without the trouble he went through.