Notes on Heartbreak

<p><strong>Arresting and vivid, raw and breathtaking . . . told with stunning originality. Annie Lord is a phenomenal talent. <em>Dolly Alderton,</em> author of <em>Everything I Know About Love</em></strong></p><p><strong>An electrifying debut. Caroline O'Donoghue, author of <em>The Rachel Incident</em></strong></p><p><strong>With the incisive wit and depth of Dolly Alderton and Sally Rooney, a fierce, funny, and unflinching memoir about the exhilaration of love and the pain of its ending, from an acclaimed British <em>Vogue</em> writer.</strong></p><p>You never forget your first loveor your first true heartbreak. Annie Lord is going through a devastating breakup after a five-year relationship with someone she thought shed be with forever. Try as she might, she cant stop reliving the past, obsessively examining every moment that led to this point.</p><p>When shes not having disastrous rebound sex or stalking her ex on Instagram, Annie puts every moment of their history under a microscope, trying to understand where things went wrong and why. The answers, when they come, will surprise her as much as anyone.</p><p><em>Notes on Heartbreak</em> is an engrossing and emotionally evocative account of love and loss that will resonate with anyone who has ever nursed a broken heart, been in a codependent relationship, or has come to understand that romantic partnerships are infinitely more complex than what we experience in the moment. It is a deeply personal and insightful book about the best and worst of love and how it can upend our lives: the euphoria and the desolation, the beauty and the cruelty.</p>