A Breakup Reading List 💔 “Heartbreak tasted like Coca Cola and boxes of Sour Patch Kids, and sounded like Coldplay’s “Fix You” repeated for melodramatic effect on the bus ride home. Too sad to study splits at night, and having ignored all social situations for years, I found myself reaching for something to fill what felt like a hunger inside me, a gnawing that reminded me of the ways I’d failed, the potential I’d lost. Those nights, I began a ritual of reading in my closet. I devoured books until one or two in the morning. At first, there was an escapist tendency to my reading; I wanted to forget the world I was living in and enter another. But, after weeks and a stack of novels, I realized that the words were guiding me back to solid ground. In reading about the nuances of another’s life, I was far enough removed to engage with what felt like the losses in my own. Slowly, I began to heal.” CONTINUE READING ... *ILLUSTRATION BY LORRAINE SORLET*EXCERPT VIA LONGREADS BY JACQUELINE ALNES Featured Oct 27, 2024 How to be the next Sofia Coppola Oct 27, 2024 Oct 27, 2024 Sep 30, 2024 Books Sally Rooney Read While Writing Intermezzo Sep 30, 2024 Sep 30, 2024 Sep 25, 2024 Shop Our Pinterest Board, Add to 🛒 Sep 25, 2024 Sep 25, 2024 Sep 15, 2024 A too realistic day in the life of a singleton who freelances for a living. Sep 15, 2024 Sep 15, 2024 Sep 8, 2024 Femme Quotes by Françoise Sagan Sep 8, 2024 Sep 8, 2024 Aug 25, 2024 Redefining the Cool Girl Aug 25, 2024 Aug 25, 2024 writersDNAMAGJune 14, 2019Kara, writersComment Facebook0 Twitter LinkedIn0 Tumblr Pinterest0 0 Likes