Book Review | Florence Williams’s “Heartbreak” is the Post-Breakup Balm You Need
[This review is now available in audio on YouTube]
Part memoir, part science, after receiving the disorienting news that her husband of 25 years wanted a divorce so he could find his soulmate, author and journalist Florence Williams followed her instincts on how to cope: She wrote about it.
The author of the well-received nonfiction books, “Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History” and “The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative,” set off on a quest to understand her psychological and physiological responses to her own heartbreak, and what to do about it based on scientific data measuring biological markers and long-term health outcomes.
I have the physical copy of the book, but I admit, I listened to it on my phone. Her audiobook listens like a podcast with her actual recordings of conversations with heartbreak experts, her friends, and a romantic interest peppered throughout the work.
I felt deeply connected to her words for a few reasons.
- I read Florence’s book “The Nature Fix” years earlier. Her journey to…
