Author's name: Susan Pifer

This book is about dealing with the shock of a broken heart; the devastation you experience when a romantic relationship ends. There's no other experience like it. For many, the devastating and obsessive nature of a broken heart comes as a complete surprise. You feel physically crushed right in the center of your chest. A feeling of unease takes over your body, giving it a heaviness, dullness, or strange lightness, as if something has burned to the ground and is flying like ash. Most notably, heartbreak leaves your mind in a state of flux. You fixate on particular thoughts or events, tormenting yourself with unanswered questions like "What if?" and "How could it?", and becoming susceptible to shock waves of grief that wash over you without warning, even while you're asleep. You can no longer rely on yourself to make it through a work meeting or the supermarket checkout line without fighting back tears.