CITATION: Behrendt, G. & Ruotola-Behrendt, A. (2005). It’s called a breakup because it’s broken: The smart girl’s breakup buddy. New York: Broadway Books.IDENTIFYING #: ISBN-13: 9780739321843
CLASSIFICATION: Nonfiction
GENRE: Self-help
CALL #: 306.7 BEH
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RATING: 5
Annotation: Greg Behrendt and wife, Amiira Ruotolla-Behrendt give some brutal, but spot-on advice about how to survive getting your heart stomped on and emerge stronger and wiser with your "inner superfox" intact.
Summary: Behrendt hits another home run and “keeps it real” with this self-help book (co-authored by his wife) about how to get through a breakup and realize that you deserve a more fulfilling relationship. The main point is that if a guy broke up with you, or “forced you to break up with him”, sitting around and mourning the loss is not the best use of your time. Greg gives readers practical but humorous advice about how to get through the breakup and avoid common breakup pitfalls. He also lets readers know what guys are thinking when you continue to call, text, and interact with them after it’s supposedly, “over”, and encourages women to get into acceptance mode so they can stop trying to force broken relationships to work and instead, find a man who will recognize them for the "superfoxes" they are! Behrendt has a unique ability to be simultaneously ruthless and hilarious, telling you what would normally make you cry in a way that makes you laugh aloud. Even if you're not going through a break-up, it's a worthwhile read that may put past break-ups into perspective, or teach you how to help a broken-hearted friend cope.
Notes: Infused with humor and no-nonsense insight, this book shows women that they are worthy of a guy who will treat them right. The intended audience is adult women, but teen women , and even teen guys and grown men struggling through a breakup, can benefit from this book. It’s helpful for anyone in this situation to know that the end of a relationship does not signify the end of the world, and that there is hope for a better day and a better partner.
