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Five Men Who Broke My Heart by Susan Shapiro Available in hardcover and paperback from Delacorte Press Five Men has been optioned by Paramount Pictures Order at Amazon.com Read an excerpt See The Today Show Interview Read interviews in the The New York Times and Salon |
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on Tuesday nights from July 8-August 5 two sections: 5:30-7:30 pm & 7:45-9:45 meeting at new Soho address! SELL YOUR FIRST BOOK SEMINAR Sunday August 3 from 2 to 8 pm with editor Shannon Jamieson Vazquez & literary agent Mark Gerard Register on Mediabistro.com THE SHRINKS ARE AWAY READING with Susan Shapiro, Jonathan Fast, Alice Feiring, Liza Monroy & Kimberly Auerbach Wednesday August 6 from 7:30 to 8:30 Free wine & dessert reception to follow McNally Robinson Booksellers in Soho 52 Prince Street (at Mulberry) MICHIGAN BORDERS READING and Secrets of Book Publishing Talk with Sue & Liza Monroy, MEXICAN HIGH author Friday August 8th at 6pm 34300 Woodward Avenue Free & Open to the Public |
Starting again Monday night September 8 Two Sections: 6-8:50 pm and 8-9:50 Call To Register 212-229-5690 THE FUTURE OF PUBLISHING PANEL Wednesday September 10 7-9 pm at Cooper Union 7 E. 7th Street NYC $15 to benefit charity. With Panelists: Jim Roberts, New York Times digital news editor Robert Miller, President/publisher of HarperStudio & Hyperion Books former founder/president Jacob Weisberg, Slate editor-in-chief & author of "The Bush Tragedy" and the ebook "The Road to Chadville" Ayesha Parde, literary agent & former FSG editor Susan Morrison, New Yorker editor & author of "30 Ways of Looking at Hillary" John Abell, blogger & Wired's New York bureau chief Radhika Jones, Time arts editor, formerly with Paris Review & Grand Street |
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and honest, it's bewitching. Erica Jong She's one of the funniest writers about love and marriage that I know of today. Ian Frazier She's hysterical and her book is funny too. Joan Rivers Sly, funny, on the money. Rita Mae Brown Heartbreaking and hilarious Bookpage ...a witty, canny, ballsy reminder that our past relationships are part of our lives... Lynn Harris Salon.com ...a funny, brisk and achingly honest account of her romantic past Julie Hinds Detroit Free Press Delicious prose, brave, heartfelt, funny... powerful... Sue Margolis This is an engaging, amazing, extremely emotional memoir. Susan Shapiro writes so well about love gone wrong that FIVE MEN WHO BROKE MY HEART broke my heart too. Molly Jong Fast Shapiro doesn't disappoint. She dishes outlandishly about her exes, using Freud for garnish... bitingly funny and revealing...Acknowledgements at the book's close include a note to her 'beloved husband' that reprints his advice to her. His ribald quip alone - unsuitable for a family newspaper - makes the book worth the price. Jackie Pray USA Today Shapiro's funny and heartfelt recollections of past relationships are so entertaining, it's a shame she doesn't have an endless supply. The seasoned journalist... embarked on a cross-country jaunt to reconnect with her beaux... the result is a delightfully kaleidoscopic autobiography of an impulsive and passionate woman who comes of age with style. Publishers Weekly ...In a sly, candid memoir, Shapiro revists five exes...What is best about this disarmingly frank account...is Shapiro's desire to tell the whole truth about her delusions and obsessions as well as her breakthroughs and triumphs...Shapiro lets her husband, Aaron, emerge as the book's true hero... Pam Houston O The Oprah Magazine Susan Shapiro's promiscuously readable guilty pleasure of a memoir has a caustic urbane feel. A freelance writer embarks on a Seinfeldian quest to settle accounts with five exes... a comedy of manners that unfurls in a Greenwich Village demi monde...Our heroine settles for a book deal not to mention true love - sigh! Jenny Feldman Elle Magazine ...honest, poignant, original and hilarious Pamela S. Thompson Lincoln Journal Star ...suddenly old boyfriends are popping up all over. Aha! Susan thinks, here's a great idea for a book. And it is. Hilarious, neurotic, sad, funny, obsessed - and that's just the author. Susan Shapiro's life would have made a great Seinfeld episode. Then again, maybe it did. Moira L. MacKinnon Hamilton Ontario Spectator ...Shapiro's honest and funny assessment of her own shortcomings is...deeply touching and readers can't help but get attached to her story. Everyone...wonders about the one who got away... Shapiro is skillful and lucky enough to find out the answer without losing the one who loved her all along. Erica Noonan Boston Globe weekly Hysterical The Jerusalem Post BEST OF THE HEAP Here are some quality books that impressed reviewers...Wolf Schneider liked FIVE MEN WHO BROKE MY HEART...Smart, snappy chick lit - her Love Chart comparing her lovers' ages, heights, assets and fatal flaws was very entertaining. The Santa Fe New Mexican |
Barbara Fisher Boston Sunday Globe ...It's a funny midlife crisis book about a woman...who tracks down her old boyfriends...The chapter on her first date with her future husband...is as clever and revealing as anything Woody Allen has imagined... J. Peder Zane The Raleigh, North Carolina News " Observer In the end, Shapiro concludes that the failed relationships were her fault. Note to author: They weren't. Or maybe you skipped some of what you did wrong. Anyway, everyone who reads this book will be thrilled you didn't marry the guy who was secretly sleeping with your roommate. Susan Whitney Deseret Morning News ...like slipping into a warm, inviting bath...Shapiro reveals all, slicing her life to the bone and summing up her lovers in wry sentences...a fast funny read that pulls us forward, curious to discover why relationships with five interesting, intelligent men imploded... Sue Pierman Milwaukee Journal Sentinal ...An easy, breezy read...Talk about a great hook...David steps into the picture as if he were Freddie Krueger, knives gleaming...he slashes her heart....Now that's what I call a scene...In the most poignant writing, she gently confronts her distant father and learns his small but important secrets... Patti Thorn Rocky Mountain News I was literally standing in the middle of my living room reading... You can't wait to read about her next liaison... self-deprecating and hilarious...As captivating as her reunions are, her family makes for great storytelling...With its sweet ending, sharp wit...this book will leave you hoping for a sequel... Girlfriendbooks.com No one will feel ambivalent about this tell-all memoir...well-written enough to cause even the least nostalgic reader to remember romantic moments way back when... The Fort Worth Texas Morning Star Telegraph Light, playful...the entertaining dating philosophies she culls from her soul-searching offer a decent payoff. For example, Shapiro rationalizes her penchant for sensationalistic celebrity breakups: "No matter how rich or talented or smart you were, sex gone wrong could turn your life into an ugly circus. It made me feel better..." Kate Jacobs New York Times Book Review ...a wise, funny and moving memoir that gives birth to a new, original voice....Any woman struggling to become more actualized can relate to Shapiro's quest... Cindy Frenkel Jewish News ...deft, diverting and laugh-out-loud funny Susan Comninos The Forward ...as lively and genuinely funny as the work of...Wendy Wasserstein...a Cosmo girl's tale of a life divided between ambition and fiery lust...As Shapiro shuffles old boyfriends like a lovesick teenager with a tarot deck, she evokes a very powerful sense of romance's liminal nature... Lynn Crosbie The Toronto Star ...a thoughtful examination of what you can learn and what you may risk by journeying deep into your own past. Carole Goldberg Hartford Courant ...For older sisters looking for fairytale endings, I recommend Five Men Who Broke My Heart...Shapiro meets an old flame during her "no-book-no-baby summer".... This has a happy ending -- Shapiro finds her true love --- but like in the Real World...it's about hard-won compromise, not romantic mush. And, hey, she gets her book, too. Margo Hammond The St. Petersburg Times Published in Japanese by Hayakawa Publishing... "Five Men Who Broke My Heart" is an impassioned memoir that chronicles Shapiro's life as she reconnects with five former boyfriends much to the dismay of her husband... told with astounding honesty...the story has universal appeal... a no-holds barred page-turner. Kyodo News Service |