Author: Thorina Rose
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452113122
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Thorina Rose's funny, beautifully illustrated memoir charts the unexpected dissolution of her marriage and the struggles—and adventures of starting over. After marrying young, living in New York, and settling in San Francisco, Rose and her husband start a family. When he begins an affair with his "running partner," Rose must find a way to rebuild her life with her two young sons, navigating her own inner doubts, the chorus of advice from well-meaning friends, and coping mechanisms close at hand: retail therapy and pet adoption (not so useful); leaning on friends and travels with gay men (very useful). With humor and insight, The Heartbreak Diet is a moving and entertaining meditation on fidelity, family, and finding one's way.
The Heartbreak Diet
Author: Thorina Rose
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452113122
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Thorina Rose's funny, beautifully illustrated memoir charts the unexpected dissolution of her marriage and the struggles—and adventures of starting over. After marrying young, living in New York, and settling in San Francisco, Rose and her husband start a family. When he begins an affair with his "running partner," Rose must find a way to rebuild her life with her two young sons, navigating her own inner doubts, the chorus of advice from well-meaning friends, and coping mechanisms close at hand: retail therapy and pet adoption (not so useful); leaning on friends and travels with gay men (very useful). With humor and insight, The Heartbreak Diet is a moving and entertaining meditation on fidelity, family, and finding one's way.
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452113122
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Thorina Rose's funny, beautifully illustrated memoir charts the unexpected dissolution of her marriage and the struggles—and adventures of starting over. After marrying young, living in New York, and settling in San Francisco, Rose and her husband start a family. When he begins an affair with his "running partner," Rose must find a way to rebuild her life with her two young sons, navigating her own inner doubts, the chorus of advice from well-meaning friends, and coping mechanisms close at hand: retail therapy and pet adoption (not so useful); leaning on friends and travels with gay men (very useful). With humor and insight, The Heartbreak Diet is a moving and entertaining meditation on fidelity, family, and finding one's way.
Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journey
Author: Florence Williams
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 1324003499
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
Winner of the 2023 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award A Five Books "Best Literary Science Writing" Book of 2023 • A Smithsonian Best Science Book of 2022 • A Prospect Magazine Top Memoir of 2022 • A KCRW Life Examined Best Book of 2022 "Keen observer [and] deft writer" (David Quammen) Florence Williams explores the fascinating, cutting-edge science of heartbreak while seeking creative ways to mend her own. When her twenty-five-year marriage suddenly falls apart, journalist Florence Williams expects the loss to hurt. But when she starts feeling physically sick, losing weight and sleep, she sets out in pursuit of rational explanation. She travels to the frontiers of the science of "social pain" to learn why heartbreak hurts so much—and why so much of the conventional wisdom about it is wrong. Soon Williams finds herself on a surprising path that leads her from neurogenomic research laboratories to trying MDMA in a Portland therapist’s living room, from divorce workshops to the mountains and rivers that restore her. She tests her blood for genetic markers of grief, undergoes electrical shocks while looking at pictures of her ex, and discovers that our immune cells listen to loneliness. Searching for insight as well as personal strategies to game her way back to health, she seeks out new relationships and ventures into the wilderness in search of an extraordinary antidote: awe. With warmth, daring, wit, and candor, Williams offers a gripping account of grief and healing. Heartbreak is a remarkable merging of science and self-discovery that will change the way we think about loneliness, health, and what it means to fall in and out of love.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 1324003499
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
Winner of the 2023 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award A Five Books "Best Literary Science Writing" Book of 2023 • A Smithsonian Best Science Book of 2022 • A Prospect Magazine Top Memoir of 2022 • A KCRW Life Examined Best Book of 2022 "Keen observer [and] deft writer" (David Quammen) Florence Williams explores the fascinating, cutting-edge science of heartbreak while seeking creative ways to mend her own. When her twenty-five-year marriage suddenly falls apart, journalist Florence Williams expects the loss to hurt. But when she starts feeling physically sick, losing weight and sleep, she sets out in pursuit of rational explanation. She travels to the frontiers of the science of "social pain" to learn why heartbreak hurts so much—and why so much of the conventional wisdom about it is wrong. Soon Williams finds herself on a surprising path that leads her from neurogenomic research laboratories to trying MDMA in a Portland therapist’s living room, from divorce workshops to the mountains and rivers that restore her. She tests her blood for genetic markers of grief, undergoes electrical shocks while looking at pictures of her ex, and discovers that our immune cells listen to loneliness. Searching for insight as well as personal strategies to game her way back to health, she seeks out new relationships and ventures into the wilderness in search of an extraordinary antidote: awe. With warmth, daring, wit, and candor, Williams offers a gripping account of grief and healing. Heartbreak is a remarkable merging of science and self-discovery that will change the way we think about loneliness, health, and what it means to fall in and out of love.
The Broken Heart Diet
Author: Tom Formaro
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780984259311
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
San Francisco chef Dante Palermo is on the broken heart diet: he's lost the love of his life and twenty-five pounds. On an enchanted odyssey that takes him from San Francisco to Des Moines to Rome, Dante tries to overcome his heartache and win the heart of his inamorata.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780984259311
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
San Francisco chef Dante Palermo is on the broken heart diet: he's lost the love of his life and twenty-five pounds. On an enchanted odyssey that takes him from San Francisco to Des Moines to Rome, Dante tries to overcome his heartache and win the heart of his inamorata.
The Joy Diet
Author: Martha Nibley Beck
Publisher: Piatkus Books
ISBN: 9780749924270
Category : Happiness
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
the greatest thing you'll learn from actually practising The Joy Diet is that money, love, success, and, even physical health and fitness are the products of a joyful life, not the cause.' Martha Beck. This book outlines the ten most powerful, life-enhancing behaviours that Martha Beck has found in years of research and practice. Clearly explained, with poignant case studies from her life design practice, together with her trademark wit, The Joy Diet provides straightforward instructions for incorporating these behaviours into everyday life. By encouraging you to add the ten 'ingredients' of stillness, compassion, truth, desire, creativity, risk, play, treats, gratitude and rest to your daily routine, The Joy Diet shows you how to change the course of your lives. In turn they will be empowered to find purpose, overcome obstacles, heal wounds and build dreams
Publisher: Piatkus Books
ISBN: 9780749924270
Category : Happiness
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
the greatest thing you'll learn from actually practising The Joy Diet is that money, love, success, and, even physical health and fitness are the products of a joyful life, not the cause.' Martha Beck. This book outlines the ten most powerful, life-enhancing behaviours that Martha Beck has found in years of research and practice. Clearly explained, with poignant case studies from her life design practice, together with her trademark wit, The Joy Diet provides straightforward instructions for incorporating these behaviours into everyday life. By encouraging you to add the ten 'ingredients' of stillness, compassion, truth, desire, creativity, risk, play, treats, gratitude and rest to your daily routine, The Joy Diet shows you how to change the course of your lives. In turn they will be empowered to find purpose, overcome obstacles, heal wounds and build dreams
Getting Skinny
Author: Monique Domovitch
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1426895038
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Owning a restaurant is as crazy for Nicky Landry as an alcoholic owning a bar. But despite having to cram herself into a body shaper to look decent in a dress, life is pretty good. She's throwing the party of the year for her graduating doctor boyfriend, Rob, who she's sure is going to propose—until his new girlfriend shows up at the party. After ordering Rob to get his stuff out of her house and get lost, Nicky finds him faceup with her expensive Chroma knife sticking right out of his cheating heart. As the prime suspect, Nicky is in hot water. And no matter how hard she tries to clear her name, her problems only mount. She's convinced she can solve the murder—if only she can figure out the identity of the skinny person seen walking away with Rob after the party. Getting "Skinny" won't be easy for Nicky, but she never imagined it would be life or death… 81,000 words
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1426895038
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Owning a restaurant is as crazy for Nicky Landry as an alcoholic owning a bar. But despite having to cram herself into a body shaper to look decent in a dress, life is pretty good. She's throwing the party of the year for her graduating doctor boyfriend, Rob, who she's sure is going to propose—until his new girlfriend shows up at the party. After ordering Rob to get his stuff out of her house and get lost, Nicky finds him faceup with her expensive Chroma knife sticking right out of his cheating heart. As the prime suspect, Nicky is in hot water. And no matter how hard she tries to clear her name, her problems only mount. She's convinced she can solve the murder—if only she can figure out the identity of the skinny person seen walking away with Rob after the party. Getting "Skinny" won't be easy for Nicky, but she never imagined it would be life or death… 81,000 words
A Flame Unburned
Author: Isabella Wiles
Publisher: Aurora Independent Publishing
ISBN: 1999652940
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
‘Fast-paced, character-rich and emotionally charged, this book has it all. A sheer joy to read. You won’t want it to end.' –– Imogen Clark, million-copy bestselling author of 'Reluctantly Home’. A hidden secret, an unforgivable betrayal, one all-consuming passion Victoria Turnbull’s life appears flawless, but when she squeezes her eyes tight shut and hears herself replying, ‘Ditto’ when her not-so-serious boyfriend declares his love for her, she realises her life is spiralling out of control with no clue how to stop it. Enter Christopher Williams, the charismatic backpacking Kiwi, who also happens to be Vicky’s best friend’s younger brother. When Chris seduces Vicky, he opens her up to new and exciting experiences and believing this is what she’s been yearning for, she falls hard. Perhaps too hard as it’s not long before she learns Chris’s passion is matched by an equally volatile temper. Despite their differences, they embark on an epic love affair. However, on the one night she needs Chris the most, she finds herself alone, abandoned and dealing with the ultimate betrayal. A betrayal so deep she may never recover. Can Vicky reclaim her heart before it’s too late, or will her passion and love for Chris ultimately destroy her? Set in the 1990s, 'A Flame Unburned' takes readers on a journey across the globe, from the English countryside to New Zealand’s stunning vistas, via the Greek Islands, Hong Kong, and London. Fans of romantic women’s fiction are captivated by this unforgettable coming-of-age love story, the first instalment in ‘The Three Great Loves of Victoria Turnbull’ trilogy. A perfect pick for fans of Taylor Jenkins Reid, Elizabeth Gilbert’s ‘Eat, Pray, Love’, Nicholas Sparks & Colleen Hoover’s ‘It Ends With Us’. Buy A Flame Unburned and dive straight into this epic love story. CONTENT WARNING: MATURES THEMES AND CONTAINS SOME SCENES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT.
Publisher: Aurora Independent Publishing
ISBN: 1999652940
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
‘Fast-paced, character-rich and emotionally charged, this book has it all. A sheer joy to read. You won’t want it to end.' –– Imogen Clark, million-copy bestselling author of 'Reluctantly Home’. A hidden secret, an unforgivable betrayal, one all-consuming passion Victoria Turnbull’s life appears flawless, but when she squeezes her eyes tight shut and hears herself replying, ‘Ditto’ when her not-so-serious boyfriend declares his love for her, she realises her life is spiralling out of control with no clue how to stop it. Enter Christopher Williams, the charismatic backpacking Kiwi, who also happens to be Vicky’s best friend’s younger brother. When Chris seduces Vicky, he opens her up to new and exciting experiences and believing this is what she’s been yearning for, she falls hard. Perhaps too hard as it’s not long before she learns Chris’s passion is matched by an equally volatile temper. Despite their differences, they embark on an epic love affair. However, on the one night she needs Chris the most, she finds herself alone, abandoned and dealing with the ultimate betrayal. A betrayal so deep she may never recover. Can Vicky reclaim her heart before it’s too late, or will her passion and love for Chris ultimately destroy her? Set in the 1990s, 'A Flame Unburned' takes readers on a journey across the globe, from the English countryside to New Zealand’s stunning vistas, via the Greek Islands, Hong Kong, and London. Fans of romantic women’s fiction are captivated by this unforgettable coming-of-age love story, the first instalment in ‘The Three Great Loves of Victoria Turnbull’ trilogy. A perfect pick for fans of Taylor Jenkins Reid, Elizabeth Gilbert’s ‘Eat, Pray, Love’, Nicholas Sparks & Colleen Hoover’s ‘It Ends With Us’. Buy A Flame Unburned and dive straight into this epic love story. CONTENT WARNING: MATURES THEMES AND CONTAINS SOME SCENES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT.
The Joy Diet
Author: Martha Beck
Publisher: Harmony
ISBN: 0307453146
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Discover a menu of ten behaviors you can add to your way of living and thinking to enhance every day’s journey through the unpredictable terrain of your existence. Add these behaviors gradually and watch your life become steadily more vivid and satisfying. Or you can go on a “crash Joy Diet” to help you navigate life’s emergencies. The ten menu items are: • Nothing: Do nothing for fifteen minutes a day. Stop mindlessly chasing goals and figure out which goals are worth going after. • Truth: Create a moment of truth to help you unmask what you’re hiding—from others and from yourself. • Desire: Identify, articulate, and explore at least one of your heart’s desires—and learn how to let yourself want what you want. • Creativity: Learn six new ways to develop at least one new idea to help you obtain your heart’s desire. • Risk: Take one baby step toward reaching your goal. The only rule is it has to scare the pants off you. • Treats: Give yourself a treat for every risk you take and two treats just because you’re you. No exceptions. No excuses. • Play: Take a moment to remember your real life’s work and differentiate it from the games you play to achieve it. Then play wholeheartedly. • Laughter: Laugh at least thirty times a day. Props encouraged. • Connection: Use your Joy Diet skills to interact with someone who matters to you. • Feasting: Enjoy at least three square feasts a day, with or without food. No matter what your long-term goals are, The Joy Diet, written with Martha Beck’s inimitable blend of wisdom, practical guidance, and humor, will help you achieve the immediate gift of joyful living in the here and now. Begin your journey today.
Publisher: Harmony
ISBN: 0307453146
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Discover a menu of ten behaviors you can add to your way of living and thinking to enhance every day’s journey through the unpredictable terrain of your existence. Add these behaviors gradually and watch your life become steadily more vivid and satisfying. Or you can go on a “crash Joy Diet” to help you navigate life’s emergencies. The ten menu items are: • Nothing: Do nothing for fifteen minutes a day. Stop mindlessly chasing goals and figure out which goals are worth going after. • Truth: Create a moment of truth to help you unmask what you’re hiding—from others and from yourself. • Desire: Identify, articulate, and explore at least one of your heart’s desires—and learn how to let yourself want what you want. • Creativity: Learn six new ways to develop at least one new idea to help you obtain your heart’s desire. • Risk: Take one baby step toward reaching your goal. The only rule is it has to scare the pants off you. • Treats: Give yourself a treat for every risk you take and two treats just because you’re you. No exceptions. No excuses. • Play: Take a moment to remember your real life’s work and differentiate it from the games you play to achieve it. Then play wholeheartedly. • Laughter: Laugh at least thirty times a day. Props encouraged. • Connection: Use your Joy Diet skills to interact with someone who matters to you. • Feasting: Enjoy at least three square feasts a day, with or without food. No matter what your long-term goals are, The Joy Diet, written with Martha Beck’s inimitable blend of wisdom, practical guidance, and humor, will help you achieve the immediate gift of joyful living in the here and now. Begin your journey today.
Getting a Grip
Author: Monica Seles
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9781583333303
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The youngest winner in French Open history, racking up eight Grand Slam titles, former tennis champion Monica Seles relates her struggles with binge-eating and depression and the peace and balance she had been searching for after an excruciating injury forced her on the sidelines.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9781583333303
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The youngest winner in French Open history, racking up eight Grand Slam titles, former tennis champion Monica Seles relates her struggles with binge-eating and depression and the peace and balance she had been searching for after an excruciating injury forced her on the sidelines.
Finally Thin!
Author: Kim Bensen
Publisher: Harmony
ISBN: 0767929519
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
The ultimate companion to any diet—featuring ten steps that will give you the information and motivation to achieve your own success on any weight-loss plan. Kim Bensen knows about weight loss. And weight gain. For decades, she tried every diet there was, but nothing seemed to work – for long anyway – and she yo-yoed her way to 350 pounds. But she never gave up and in 2001, despite years of heartbreak and discouragement, Kim tried again. This time was different and the results were phenomenal: 212 pounds lost forever, fourteen dress sizes, four ring sizes, one and a half shoe sizes, and 200 points of cholesterol gone for good! In the end, Kim not only changed her health and size, but also her career. The clamor of “How did you do it?” by desperately struggling individuals as well as the national media motivated her to sit down and pen into words what she had put into action. In Finally Thin!, Kim Bensen recounts her own success story and then breaks down her success into a ten-step system, showing readers exactly how she accomplished her weight-loss goal. From choosing the right diet for your needs to setting realistic goals, finding support, eating out, recovering from a slipup, the keys to maintenance, and even 75 recipes, this book covers it all in an upbeat, inspirational, and approachable tone. A must-have for anyone trying to lose weight, Finally Thin! will help dieters break free of the yo-yo cycle and achieve their ultimate goal—once and for all.
Publisher: Harmony
ISBN: 0767929519
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
The ultimate companion to any diet—featuring ten steps that will give you the information and motivation to achieve your own success on any weight-loss plan. Kim Bensen knows about weight loss. And weight gain. For decades, she tried every diet there was, but nothing seemed to work – for long anyway – and she yo-yoed her way to 350 pounds. But she never gave up and in 2001, despite years of heartbreak and discouragement, Kim tried again. This time was different and the results were phenomenal: 212 pounds lost forever, fourteen dress sizes, four ring sizes, one and a half shoe sizes, and 200 points of cholesterol gone for good! In the end, Kim not only changed her health and size, but also her career. The clamor of “How did you do it?” by desperately struggling individuals as well as the national media motivated her to sit down and pen into words what she had put into action. In Finally Thin!, Kim Bensen recounts her own success story and then breaks down her success into a ten-step system, showing readers exactly how she accomplished her weight-loss goal. From choosing the right diet for your needs to setting realistic goals, finding support, eating out, recovering from a slipup, the keys to maintenance, and even 75 recipes, this book covers it all in an upbeat, inspirational, and approachable tone. A must-have for anyone trying to lose weight, Finally Thin! will help dieters break free of the yo-yo cycle and achieve their ultimate goal—once and for all.
Best New American Voices, 2008
Author: Richard Bausch
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780156031493
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
This year's volume, featuring 17 new stories selected by award-winning novelist John Casey, continues the tradition of identifying the best young writers on the cusp of their careers.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780156031493
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
This year's volume, featuring 17 new stories selected by award-winning novelist John Casey, continues the tradition of identifying the best young writers on the cusp of their careers.