Five Men Who Broke My Heart: Five Men Who Broke My Heart: A Memoir

by Susan Shapiro

Book Overview

In this honest, hilarious, fiercely intelligent memoir, journalist Susan Shapiro dares to do what every woman dreams of: track down the five men who'd broken her heart and find out what really went wrong. Between the ages of thirteen and thirty-five, Susan had plunged into love, heart-first, five times. One bad breakup was more hurtful and humiliating than the next.

With insight and daring, Susan chronicles her six-month-long journey back...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385337795
• ISBN13: 9780385337793
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Bantam Dell
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Amazing!

I picked up this book and could not put it down (I ended up reading it in one sitting)! The writing is funny and poignant at the same time. I found myself laughing out loud at the author's witty prose as she recounts her love affairs and insecurities with brutal honesty. Read it and enjoy! I hope it gets made into a movie; it'll be great! I can see Natalie Portman playing the author.

A must-read

Joan Rivers was right: Susan Shapiro IS hysterical. And she's an absolutely wonderful writer. In FIVE MEN WHO BROKE MY HEART, Shapiro pulls off the rare feat of entertaining the reader and imparting deep information at the same time. Of course this book has juicy details, just as the title promises. But it satisfies on a deeper level as well. The writer knows so much about relationships between men and women, and she's willing to share what she knows. She doesn't just tell the stories of her failed relationships with men; she describes her gradual transformation from girl to woman. It's not often that a writer is so obviously truthful in a memoir...Shapiro tells us everything we want to know about relationships, even when the truth doesn't reflect well on her. After reading FIVE MEN WHO BROKE MY HEART, I want to read everything Susan Shapiro has written. Hers is a voice that's smart and funny--it's a voice that I trust.

This book made we realize I am not alone

I enjoyed this book so much I could not put it down. It made me realize I am not alone in this crazy world of relationships. It has inspired me to look at my own past realtionships and move on and to look around at the people in my life now and appreciate them. I would highly recommend this book to evryone!!!

What a Great Memoir

I really loved Five Men Who Broke My Heart--what a great memoir Susan Shapiro has given us--so honest, so funny. Reading this one is like sitting down with your best friend as she recounts running into an old flame--like gossip, only somehow more fun. Shapiro decided to revisit all of her past loves after Brad--her old boyfriend from college and then some resurfaced in her life. The memoir opens as she is trying to decide what to wear. It's a funny scene and it sets the stage for the honest, open and very funny book. She manages to track down the other four men in her love history she considered major heartbreakers and the memoir recounts everything--the courtships, the relationships, the breakups. We finally get to the sixth guy--Aaron, the one who didn't break her heart, the one she married, and it all makes sense. Shapiro shares much with us--she is a brave woman--I don't know many who would air their secrets as she did, but thank goodness she did. This is a fun, entertaining read. Share it with your best girlfriends, they will love it.

Heart Breaking, Laugh-Inducing Work of Staggering Genius

Susan Shapiro has the voice of a contemporary female Woody Allen -- she's written the long-overdue "High Fidelity" for women, fearlessly and hilariously accounting the true story of the relationships she's had with most important men in her life, from boyfriends to father to brothers to husband. She's tough on the men, but most critical of herself. Most of all, she proves to all women that the right relationship is worth working for and waiting for. Can't wait to see the movie!