The Little Book Of Heartbreak: Love Gone Wrong Through the Ages

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The perfect anti valentine for any lovelorn friend, this guide of hearbreak through the ages allows the broken hearted to read through the pain. From divorce cases in ancient Rome to the art of crafting a perfect getting over someone CD, this is a whirlwind tour through love's most crushing moments including how Ernest Hemingway cheated on his wife and then stole her job, Morrisey's personal creed about how sex is useless and what to read, listen to and watch to forget an ex as fast as possible.

Meghan Laslocky is a freelance journalist and producer for KQED public broadcasting. She has been dumped at least a dozen times, including on her birthday. She lives with her husband and son in the Bay Area.

"A hilarious salve for the lovesick."-O, The Oprah Magazine "Informative, funny, and comforting...a highbrow take on broken hearts that inadvertently goes a long way to curing [one.]"-The Toronto Star "Lively with a sassy, wry style...a fun, engaging, comprehensive romp through heartache and heartbreak."-Julia Alvarez, author of A Wedding in Haiti and How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accents "A terrifically entertaining compendium of lost love, romantic revenge, and the uniquely excruciating experience that is heartbreak."-Suzanne Morrison, author of Yoga Bitch "Fascinating and revelatory delvings into love and loss... The Little Book of Heartbreak is not only a book for the heartbroken or heartbreakers, it's for anyone who has a heart and is in any way curious about the transformative forces of love, hate, anger, and lust."-Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic, author of Suffering Succotash