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Instructions for Heartbreak
- Author
- Sarah Handyside
- Narrator
- Tanya Reynolds
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 30 January 2025
- Run Time
- 12 hours 19 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
'Warm, gorgeous, tender and hopeful . . . Simply brilliant' – Daisy Buchanan, author of Insatiable
'Relatable . . . a celebration of female friendship' - Stylist
'Funny and moving' – Daily Mail
'A stunning novel' - Cosmopolitan
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A beautiful, razor-sharp novel by Sarah Handyside, Instructions for Heartbreak is a life-affirming story about female friendship, self-love and how to survive a broken heart.
What if heartbreak came with a manual?
It starts with a late-night knock on the door. Katie's three best friends share a flat in South London, while Katie lives close by with her boyfriend. But when her nine-year relationship ends – suddenly and brutally – she turns up on her friends' doorstep with no idea what to do next.
Out comes the martini shaker (an old, well-washed gherkin jar), an unused sketchbook and an idea. They’ll make Katie the handbook she needs to process her heartbreak and start rebuilding her life.
But Katie is not the only one nursing a broken heart. With notes on everything from tears and hangovers to new bedding and white-hot rage, could the heartbreak handbook they intended for Katie contain the words they all need to hear?
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Fans are loving Instructions for Heartbreak:
'Amazing female friendships. I flew through this book . . . a MUST-read’
‘A wonderfully nuanced, emotionally intelligent and insightful story of female friendships, relationships, growing up and finding your family’
‘There is nothing better than the power of female friendships and women coming together to help one another. This book delivers that message and more! I loved every minute’
Critics Review
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Warm, gorgeous, tender and hopeful . . . Simply brilliant
Daisy Buchanan, author of Insatiable
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Funny, practical and moving by turns . . . a beautifully crafted, sensitive novel packed with joyous young-in-London energy
Daily Mail
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A brilliant, healing celebration of the wonder that is female friendship and an essential modern heartbreak handbook
Lucy Jane Wood, author of Rewitched
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A stunning, emotionally resonant novel, Instructions for Heartbreak is a life-affirming exploration of female friendship, self-love and the journey to heal from a broken heart
Cosmopolitan
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A heartfelt love letter to friendship that I couldn't put down
Josie Lloyd, author of The Cancer Ladies’ Running Club
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Four friends, four messy lives, lots of comedy, relatable insights and a celebration of female friendship. Perfection
Stylist
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A story of fierce and momentous female friendship, of rallying for your favourite people and finding a way through the darkness
My Weekly
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A brilliant read about the power of female friendship
Fabulous
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Warm, tender and full of hope . . . A powerful portrayal of personal growth and resilience, relationships, growing up and discovering where you truly belong
The Northumbrian
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Details
- Author
- Sarah Handyside
- Narrator
- Tanya Reynolds
- Duration
- 12 hours 19 minutes
- Release Date
- 30 January 2025
- ISBN
- 9781035032785
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- Contemporary lifestyle fiction, Modern and Contemporary romance, Epistolary fiction / fictional diaries, Narrative theme: death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: interior life / psychological fiction, Narrative theme: health and illness
Synopsis
'Warm, gorgeous, tender and hopeful . . . Simply brilliant' – Daisy Buchanan, author of Insatiable'Relatable . . . a celebration of female friendship' - Stylist'Funny and moving' – Daily Mail'A stunning novel' - Cosmopolitan* * *A beautiful, razor-sharp novel by Sarah Handyside, Instructions for Heartbreak is a life-affirming story about female friendship, self-love and how to survive a broken heart.What if heartbreak came with a manual?It starts with a late-night knock on the door. Katie's three best friends share a flat in South London, while Katie lives close by with her boyfriend. But when her nine-year relationship ends – suddenly and brutally – she turns up on her friends' doorstep with no idea what to do next.Out comes the martini shaker (an old, well-washed gherkin jar), an unused sketchbook and an idea. They’ll make Katie the handbook she needs to process her heartbreak and start rebuilding her life.But Katie is not the only one nursing a broken heart. With notes on everything from tears and hangovers to new bedding and white-hot rage, could the heartbreak handbook they intended for Katie contain the words they all need to hear?* * *Fans are loving Instructions for Heartbreak:'Amazing female friendships. I flew through this book . . . a MUST-read’‘A wonderfully nuanced, emotionally intelligent and insightful story of female friendships, relationships, growing up and finding your family’‘There is nothing better than the power of female friendships and women coming together to help one another. This book delivers that message and more! I loved every minute’
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