BREAKUP GIRL TO THE RESCUE by Lynn Harris, Chris Kalb (Illustrator)

BREAKUP GIRL TO THE RESCUE
Lynn Harris, Chris Kalb (Illustrator)
Back Bay Books
Self Help
ISBN: 0316340618

Action, romance, heartbreak...getting your stuff back. Now here's a superhero we all can really use. Superman will seem a little less super when you glean all the humorous knowledge BREAKUP GIRL has to offer in this quick, hip guide to life's worst subject. Lynn Harris, comedian, author, website producer, Jill-of-all-trades, may not also be a psychologist, but she's "been there." BreakupGirl.com is now enjoying life under Oprah's Oxygen umbrella, her monthly live show in New York is a comedic multifaceted treat, and her book mixes cartoons with real advice with snappy flair.

Beginning with the horrible end (which needn't be so horrible if you follow her lead), Breakup Girl moves on the new beginnings breakups can bring. Interspersing Q&A snippets from her website with maxims and polls, she moves from Dating 101 to saying ""I do (or do I?)"" turning that RULES and Mars/Venus mentality on its head.

"...Relationships (lust, romance, dating, courting, 'concentrating on me,' whatever you want to call it) are not merely the fluff piece at the end of the news. Love --- or the lack thereof --- is right up there with the Supreme Deity of Choice as the prime mover/shaker behind most wars, voyages, art, and really tall buildings. Relationships are our comeuppance, our downfall, our overlord. The floods may come, the bombs may drop, the market may crash, but we are rarely a moment away from thinking, 'Did he call?' ...

--- Reviewed by Krista Madsen