Books to read after a breakup

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For the strange, raw weeks when everything reminds you of someone. Books that sit with you in the mess, then quietly help you stand back up.

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The 7 books on this stack

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  • Jeanette Winterson 2011 1 want to read

    Why it's on the stack

    Funny and sad at once · it's a memoir

    It shares this with 3 more books on this stack

    One of the New York Times ' "50 Best Memoirs of the Past 50 Years" Jeanette Winterson's bold and revelatory novels have established her as a major figure in world literature.

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  • Cheryl Strayed 1767

    Why it's on the stack

    You'll want to talk it over with someone · it makes you laugh

    It shares this with 3 more books on this stack

    Selected to be read on Radio Four's Book of the Week. 'One of the best books I've read in the last five or ten years...

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  • Sally Rooney 2018 2 want to read

    Why it's on the stack

    A small, intimate story · a tender love story

    It shares this with 2 more books on this stack

    Teenagers Connell and Marianne pretend not to know each other.

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  • Cheryl Strayed 2012

    Why it's on the stack

    It makes you think, without a lecture · it makes you cry, in a good way

    It shares this with 3 more books on this stack

    Tiny Beautiful Things collects the best of Dear Sugar in one volume, bringing her wisdom to many more readers.

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  • Elizabeth Gilbert 2001

    Why it's on the stack

    Funny and sad at once · sad, but it leaves you hopeful

    It shares this with 3 more books on this stack

    In her early thirties, Elizabeth Gilbert had everything a modern American woman was supposed to want—husband, country home, successful career—but instead of feeling happy and fulfilled, she was…

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  • Nora Ephron 1983

    Why it's on the stack

    Love hurts sometimes · love and laughs in equal parts

    It shares this with 1 more book on this stack

    Seven months into her pregnancy, Rachel discovers that her husband is in love with another woman.

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