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The Heartbreak Diet: A Story of Family, Fidelity, and Starting Over
By Thorina Rose
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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.
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Reviews for The Heartbreak Diet
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Thorina Rose’s Heartbreak Diet is a comic-book memoir of the breakup of her marriage. Both in words and illustrations, it’s wry, sad and easy to sympathize with. It begins with a simple exchange: Thorina (holding toddler): Where are you going? Her husband, X: I’m going running.Rose illustrates her husband in a runners stretch, with a focus on his ass, in a sly visual dig. Throughout, he’s shown in shadow, and mostly from behind. It’s an effective way to characterize a man on his way out of their marriage. Rose’s art, black and white and shades of grey, is striking and accessible. The story is a pastiche of events, imaginings, advice she receives, and things she does, or tries to do, to get through the unraveling of her marriage. I enjoyed reading about her journey, both in pictures and in words. She narrates her anger, sadness and bewilderment, but her story is never weighed down by them, but buoyed by hope.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A book about life, about changes and making the best of what comes our way even when we wish it wouldn't. The Heartbreak Diet is all about moving on. I really wanted to enjoy it, it is a graphic novel autobiography....doesn't that sound great!? I guess I was hoping for more, I think it ended before I felt like she got her pride back again, or before her husband got what he deserved, but I need to not give away any more than that. It is very hard to know what to say about someone's life, you can't criticize content.Besides that, it is a good read, a super quick read....it only took one of my little boys' nap time to finish it, maybe an hour or so? I enjoyed it, and I thought the format of an autobiography in graphic novel form was really neat!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Heartbreak Diet is an illustrated novel. To be honest, I haven’t expanded my reading horizons to include graphic novels. I have read wonderful reviews of them but I just felt they weren’t for me. After reading this one though, I have changed my mind. I received the The Heartbreak Diet in the mail last week and read it in an hour. It is a memoir about the author, Thorina Rose, and her experience with divorce. Thorina is married with two children when she finds out her husband’s new found interest in jogging is much more than exercise. He is having an affair with the younger, prettier woman he jogs with. Each chapter begins with Words of Wise Women beginning with Gloria Steinem through Dolly Parton. One chapter hilariously has Thorina inviting over the other woman to discuss her expectations. I also loved the illustrations which the very talented author drew herself. You may think this is a light hearted look at infidelity but behind the humor lies a touching look at how Thorina survived this terrible time in her life and came into her own. I highly recommend this touching book.