'Warm gorgeous tender and hopeful . . . Simply brilliant' - Daisy Buchanan author of
Insatiable 'Funny practical and moving' - Daily Mail * * * * A beautiful razor-sharp
novel by Sarah Handyside Instructions for Heartbreak is a life-affirming story about female
friendship self-love and how to survive a broken heart. What if heartbreak came with a
manual? It starts with a late-night knock on the door. Dee Liv and Rosa share a flat in
south London while Katie lives close by with her boyfriend. But when Katie's nine-year
relationship ends - suddenly and brutally - she turns up on their doorstep with no idea what to
do next or how to do anything after spending so long with her life entwined with someone
else's. Out comes the martini shaker (an old well-washed gherkin jar) and with an unused
sketchbook an idea. They'll make Katie the handbook that she needs to process her heartbreak
and start rebuilding her life. There are notes on tears hangovers and roast chicken
scribblings about music new bedding and pure white-hot rage. But Katie is not the only one
nursing a broken heart. Rosa is a hopeless romantic despite still reeling from her ex's
infidelity. Scarred by her ex's parting words Dee is committed to being commitment-free. And
while Liv knows that breaking up with her girlfriend was what she wanted she can't help but
wonder if she did the right thing. Tested by big life changes even the closest friendships
can fray - could the heartbreak handbook they intended for Katie contain the words they all
need to hear? * * * * 'An essential modern heartbreak handbook. I so wish it had been
around for my younger self' - Lucy Jane Wood A stunning emotionally resonant novel -
Cosmopolitan 'A heartfelt love letter to friendship that I couldn't put down' - Josie Lloyd
* * * * Readers are loving Instructions for Heartbreak : 'I love a novel filled with amazing
female friendships . I flew through this book . . . a MUST read ' 'A wonderfully nuanced
emotionally intelligent and insightful story of female friendships relationships growing up
and finding your family' 'There is nothing better than the power of female friendships and
women coming together to help one another. This book delivers that message and more! I loved
every minute '
