'Warm gorgeous tender and hopeful . . . Simply brilliant' - Daisy Buchanan author of
Insatiable 'Relatable . . . a celebration of female friendship' - Stylist 'Funny and
moving' - Daily Mail 'A stunning novel' - Cosmopolitan * * * 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. Katie's three best friends share a
flat in South London while Katie lives close by with her boyfriend. But when her nine-year
relationship ends - suddenly and brutally - she turns up on her friends' doorstep with no idea
what to do next. Out comes the martini shaker (an old well-washed gherkin jar) an unused
sketchbook and an idea. They'll make Katie the handbook she needs to process her heartbreak and
start rebuilding her life. But Katie is not the only one nursing a broken heart. With notes on
everything from tears and hangovers to new bedding and white-hot rage could the heartbreak
handbook they intended for Katie contain the words they all need to hear? * * * Readers are
loving Instructions for Heartbreak : '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 '
