It's Not Me, It's You: A Modern Girl's Guide to Breaking Up [Hardcover]

Laurie Frankel (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2002

There are those moments in life between "male opportunities" (also known as being single), when a woman really only has two choices-she can cry or she can laugh. Here's an edgy, funny book for the contemporary single woman who's seen it all, done most of it and finds that laughter is almost better than Ibuprofen.

Includes:
-- Advice on what to do if you've been dumped
-- Incredible but true over-the-top dates
-- Facing the horrible truth that once the supposed love of your life dumps you, he may eventually move on to ruin someone else's life-forever
-- You are woman-hear yourself roar
-- Real questions submitted by real people (these couldn't be made up) to LoveLogic online (and answers, too)

This book belongs in your "get over him and get on with my life" kit, right alongside the chocolates, ice cream, cookies, tissues and mascara.

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About the Author

Laurie Frankel is a humorist who has developed three cartoon properties and has licensed greeting cards. She runs a weekly online Q&A love column, LoveLogic. She lives in Corona Del Mar, California.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Sourcebooks Hysteria (May 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1887166815
• ISBN-13: 978-1887166812
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (58 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,816,970 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not really about breaking up, June 3, 2003

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Jill Walker Rettberg (Bergen, Norway) - See all my reviews

This review is from: It's Not Me, It's You: A Modern Girl's Guide to Breaking Up (Hardcover)

I was disappointed in this book, because I had thought it was a book about dealing with a breakup and it isn't.

What it is is a book of funny and cute advice about romance in general, mostly presented as answers to letters that readers have sent in to the author's website. The questions answered range from "I'm sixteen, should I hurry up and have sex now?" to "I'm happily married, but I'm still hung up on my ex-husband, who's in prison. What should I do?" and not many of them deal directly with breakups. All the letters are available online.

What appears to have happened is that the publisher decided that books on breakups are more marketable than funny books on being single, so they added a table of contents that looks convincing, some cute graphics and a purple, fake suede cover to seem comforting - oh, and each chapter heading does in fact have a couple of pages of content actually dealing with what the chapter claims to be dealing with ("ex sex", "life after ex", etc.) The remaining 3/4 of the book consists of letters and brief stories of the author's many avoidances of weird would-be boyfriends.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars $11+ bucks well spent!, November 4, 2004

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Kayla says (Peoria, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: It's Not Me, It's You, 2E: A Modern Girl's Guide to Breaking Up (Paperback)

This book is a lot of bang for a little buck. I picked it up for a sad friend but read it before handing it over. It was a great funny read. Could skip around the sections depending on your mood. When my friend finally got ahold of it she said it really helped!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars New on the dating scene, October 25, 2004

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Patricia L (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: It's Not Me, It's You, 2E: A Modern Girl's Guide to Breaking Up (Paperback)

I was in a relationship for 8 yrs! And out for 1. I feel like a bear coming out of hibernation. I was taking this dating thing waaay too seriously so a friend gave me a copy of "It's not me, It's YOU!" and told me to lighten up! Soooo glad she did. Now it all seems less overwhelming.