Rosie Wilby

The Breakup Monologues (MP3-Download)

The Unexpected Joy of Heartbreak Ungekürzte Lesung. 414 Min.
Sprecher: Wilby, Rosie

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Produktbeschreibung

Bloomsbury presents The Breakup Monologues written and read by Rosie Wilby. piercingly honest… witty… wonderful' – The Observer 'My favourite way to learn is when a funny, clever, honest person is teaching me – that's why I love Rosie Wilby!' – Sara Pascoe 'Funny, sweet, entertaining, insightful, life-affirming...' – Viv Groskop 'Hilarious, honest and brilliant' – Helen Thorn 'Rosie Wilby unearths the hope and hilarity that can come from heartbreak' – Abigail Tarttelin ____ In 2011, comedian and podcaster Rosie Wilby was dumped by email... though she did feel a little better about it after correcting her ex's spelling and punctuation. Obsessing about breakups ever since, she embarked on a quest to investigate, understand and conquer the psychology of heartbreak. This book is a love letter to her breakups, a celebration of what they have taught her peppered with anecdotes from illustrious friends and interviews with relationship therapists, scientists and sociologists about separating in the modern age of ghosting, breadcrumbing and conscious uncoupling. Mixing humour, memoir and science, she attempts to assimilate their advice and ideas in order to not break up with Girlfriend, her partner of nearly three years. Will this self-confessed serial monogamist, and breakup addict, finally settle down?

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Green Tree
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Mai 2021
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472989628
• Artikelnr.: 70157057

Autorenporträt

Rosie Wilby is an award-winning comedian who has appeared many times on BBC Radio 4 programmes including Woman's Hour, Loose Ends, Midweek, The Human Zoo and Four Thought. Her first book Is Monogamy Dead? followed her TEDx talk of the same name and a trilogy of internationally-acclaimed solo shows investigating the psychology of love and relationships.Rosie also presents The Breakup Monologues podcast, which was nominated for a British Podcast Award and has been recommended by Chortle, BBC Radio 4, The Observer, Metro and Time Out. She writes for publications including the Guardian, Cosmo, The Sunday Times and New Statesman and regularly appears as a commentator on sexuality, dating and love on radio and TV programmes including Good Morning Britain.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Prologue: The Butterfly Painting Part One: Backwards 1 Wired
for Love 2 The Lexicon of Breakups 3 I Thought I'd been Ghosted but He'd
Just Gone to Prison 4 Great Expectations 5 Stuck in the Middle 6 It's All
Downhill from Here 7 The Moths of Doom 8 'Just Scream!' 9 The Bisexual
Comedian 10 Hormonal Hell 11 Summer Freeze 12 The Friendship Breakup 13
Only Child Syndrome 14 Unwanted Snapshots 15 Sex and Death Part Two: Bonus
Breakup Content Breakup Playlist Bite-Sized Breakup Stories A Few of my
Favourite Breakup Films Part Three: Forwards 16 Beginnings are Endings and
Endings are Beginnings 17 A Fart in a Graveyard . and the Value of Arguing
18 The Professional Breakup 19 Shared Values and Experiences 20 'Til Dog Us
Do Part 21 We Are Family 22 Keeping it Together, Moving On 23 Healthy Space
. and a bit about Attachment Theory 24 The Good Breakup 25 Poly Breakups 26
My Chemical Romance? 27 Towards a Growth Mindset 28 Recovery and
Reprogramming 29 Happy Endings 30 We're Gonna Need a Bigger Bed Epilogue:
Love in the Time of Corona Conclusion: How Breakups Keep Us Together
Acknowledgements Further Reading

Rezensionen

We all know about the joys of love and relationships, but there's so much more to discover about the glorious benefits of breakups. Rosie reassures and entertains you through brilliant stories and fabulous facts, about what can be gained from the end of a relationship. This is a hilarious, honest and brilliant book!