Breaking Up: From Heartache to Happiness in 48 Pages [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Yolanda Nave (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 7, 1985

Believing that ending a relationship is too depressing to go through alone, BREAKING UP offers solace, acceptance, several good laughs, and camaraderie to every woman who's been left behind, and is trying to deal with it. Yolanda Nave's little watercolor saga starts the moment what's-his-name walks out the door and ends when that old feeing called loneliness begins to feel like something else-freedom.

Meanwhile, revenge is dealt with in page after page of gleeful drawings with wry captions. Including the reminder to agree with him when he stops by and admits he's a cad and the suggestion that his underwear should be returned haphazardly packed, but immaculately starched.

BREAKING UP is a true-to-life documentation of the end of a love affair. But suddenly life doesn't seem so bad after all. Excerpted in Cosmopolitan. 133,000 copies in print.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

The good-bye, good riddance, and get-on-with-your-life guide.

A friendly little book that gleefully takes sides-hers.

About the Author

Yolanda Nave is the author of Breaking Up and 64 Ways to Beat the Blues.

Product Details

• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Workman Publishing Company; illustrated edition edition (January 7, 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0894808397
• ISBN-13: 978-0894808395
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 4 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,307,548 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy it!, May 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Breaking Up: From Heartache to Happiness in 48 Pages (Paperback)

I was VERY disappointed when I received this "mini"book. Yes, the illustrations were cute, but this wasn't the kind of book I was looking for. Not a good help when you are down from bad breaking up. Don't buy it. You will find something better.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How couldn't you love this little book?, March 26, 2002

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"heatherjk" (Philadelphia, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Breaking Up: From Heartache to Happiness in 48 Pages (Paperback)

I was really surprised to see negative reviews of this dear little book. Its not meant to be a 300-page psychologically-charged guide on getting over someone. Aren't there enough of those out there? This book just says it all, simply. I think it perfectly and adorably states and illustrates the stages you go through when you are dumped...and most importantly, that you will be OK and are strong enough to make it through. I just went through a break-up myself, and I look at it daily, just for that little pick me up and a smile.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great gift for your girlfriends with broken hearts..., August 22, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Breaking Up: From Heartache to Happiness in 48 Pages (Paperback)

Cute little book that tells you to get over it and that it's OK to be alone sometimes. I like to keep 2 or 3 copies around to give out in desperate times - everyone seems to break up sometime...