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Breakup Girl to the Rescue!: A Superhero's Guide to Love, and Lack Thereof

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As a person who's been dumped and been involved with way too many artistic moody types, this is a great book to read to reassure yourself that you aren't the one who is nuts.

Breakup Girl To The Rescue!: A Superhero's Guide To Love, And Lack Thereof is one of the most engaging, reader-friendly, approaches to understanding relationships and how to begin, maintain, ending, and recovering from them. Lynn Harris demonstrates an uncanny insight and a witty ability to offer advice that readers can enjoy and substantially profit from when it comes to matters of the heart. Breakup Girl To The Rescue! is enthusiastically recommended reading for anyone old enough to fall in and out of love.

One of the joys of looking through this very funny book, besides the generous, knowing, and very helpful relationship advice, is seeing yourself and your friends reflected in letter after letter, page after page. It's funny because it's all true--all of these things probably happened to you or someone you know one time or another, and you really identify with the plights of the real people asking Breakup Girl for her witty help. There's loads of helpful words to soothe you through any problems in any stage of a relationship, and enough really great stuff to keep you highly entertained throughout the rest of the book. And hey, an original Breakup Girl comic adventure to boot!

You don't need a current hole in your heart to profit from Breakup Girl's sly and provocative wisdom. Don't be deceived--she is much more than Dear Abby with better hair, a delicious sense of humor and probably a Mensa card. Breakup Girl is a shrewd chronicler of urban angst and The Way We Are Now. Her talent for capturing complex feelings of need and entitlement in the Millenial variety of relationship issues never fails to amuse (e.g. on Long-Distance Relationships--"If you really loved me, you'd take the Concorde.") Breakup Girl is an original-- online or off. I suggest that anyone who wants to discover a new way to enjoy the famously painful quest for a partner ought to click the Shopping Cart bar without further pause.

The very same day I got this book, a friend came to me for advice. Thanks to the few chapters I had read so far, I was able to help her out. This book is helpful for everyone who is in a relationship, who wants to be, or who hasn't recovered from the last one. Even if you don't consider yourself in any of those categories, the advice is useful to know--when your friends come to cry on your shoulder and ask what's wrong in the world, you'll be able to help them out. (Also, as adamantly as you may not be looking for a relationship, sooner or later you'll find yourself in one, or at least wanting to be in one, at which point you'll be glad you have it on the shelf.) The book is very engaging. It's clear prose is very direct, but still entertaining. Throughout the chapters, real e-mails sent to her web site are printed to illustrate the points (and remind the reader he/she isn't alone). That, perhaps, points to the primary strength of the book: Ms. Harris is only an expert because she's been through it all. Her book is very knowing, entertaining, and (the bottom line) helpful. Highly recommended to everyone who isn't in an arranged betrothal.

Anyone who's a follower of Breakup Girl's website will not be surprised at how good this book is. It's full of the wisdom and wit I've come to expect from this terrifically sharp and funny lady--and more. There are essays and comics and Breakup Girl Maxims and tons of good stuff. For someone going through a breakup, it's a must. But it's enormously helpful for anyone, in or out of a relationship. And it's a great read. Breakup Girl always has smart things to say--and always says them in a funny, entertaining way. You can't help but love and learn from this book! I sure did.

Who can figure out relationships? If anyone can, it's the author of this book. I can't stand the glut of self-help books comparing men and women to extraterrestial aliens or wounded inner children. Lynn Harris uses sharp humor, relatable anecdotes, and dispenses real-life advice that's neither condescending nor insipid. For women, men, and anyone interested in exploring the confusion and nuttiness of "relationship," -- Breakup Girl is THE heroine for the Millenium.

I was first introduced to breakup girl online. Her website was so funny and had such straight forward and great advice. It wasn't the run of the mill, let's-explore-our feelings mess.

So when I saw the audio boook, I had to check it out. Listening to her in my car, I had to pull over because I was laughing so hard. She is witty and just as straight forward as her website. This book has helped me and many of my girlfriends get through some tough times. It helps to hear someone else put a spin on a break up.

Thanks Breakup Girl!

I've been scanning the customer reviews and a lot of them seem to be by women. That plus the fact that the author is a woman and the book's title and heroine are Breakup *Girl* might lead you to believe this is a book aimed at, and only for, women. Not true! I'm a guy and found this book witty, insightful, and relevant. Go out and get yourself a copy!

I purchased this book for my best friend going through a tumultuous relationship. She loved it so much, I had to get a copy too. We are both going through the book now. I think it offers straight forward advice in a fun format. It makes you look at both sides of the break-up or relationship which is helpful because we have all been on both sides. It is not always so easy to see both sides, when you are currently experiencing just one of them. This book offers down-to-earth advice for almost any situation.

It's just a fun book to have for any relationship you may or may not be in.