Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journey
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3.3 • 151 Ratings
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- $19.99
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- $19.99
Publisher Description
For fans of Wild and Lab Girl, Heartbreak is a uniquely immersive audiobook, merging science and self-discovery to change the way we think about loneliness, health, and what it means to fall in and out of love.
When her twenty-five-year marriage unexpectedly falls apart, journalist Florence Williams expects the loss to hurt. What she doesn’t expect is that she’ll end up in the hospital, examining close-up the way our cells listen to loneliness. She travels to the frontiers of the science of “social pain” to learn why heartbreak hurts so much and why so much of the conventional wisdom about it is wrong.
In Williams’s search for insight as well as personal strategies to game her way back to health, she tries it all–and listeners can hear it all–including exclusive (astonishing) bonus material from Williams’s most intimate moments: live and unscripted therapy sessions, gabfests with girlfriends, and the making and breaking of new romantic relationships. Join her in the laboratory as she tests her blood for genetic markers of grief, hear every sound of the wilderness as she searches for awe as an antidote to loneliness, and be a fly on the wall as she is guided through psilocybin and MDMA therapy.
Narrated by the author and accompanied by in-the-moment diary recordings and interviews, Heartbreak is an immersive audiobook that taps into one of the most shared experiences in the animal kingdom: heartbreak.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
A science writer’s intimate journey through grief offers surprising insights. When journalist Florence Williams’ 25-year marriage unexpectedly imploded, she fell back on her research skills and interviewed experts in different fields, from psychology to physiology, in the hopes of making sense of her despair. Chronicling her findings and the details of her journey back to happiness, Williams crafts a fascinating story that’s part memoir, part cutting-edge report on the science of heartbreak. We loved learning how much scientists have figured out about the way we experience emotions like sadness and loss—and were deeply moved by Williams’ quest to find healing and wholeness. Making the audiobook even more personal, Williams not only narrates her story herself but works snippets of her audio journals into the narrative, so that we hear off-the-cuff conversations, personal monologues, and even nature sounds that she recorded on her journeys. Heartbreak is an educational and inspiring listen about a universal rite of passage.
Customer Reviews
Fascinating
This information provides insight into why grief HURTS so much! I mean, it’s physically painful! This book is validating of that pain and informative. This book explains it all. The testing on voles is very disturbing and cruel.
Loved it
This was my first audiobook ever, heartbreaking story that happens to many woman, I felt every word, I felt her pain, her narration kept me listening and craving for more, finished it in 2 days. Highly Recommended
Remarkable insights and context
There is so much interesting and resonant context here that I want to listen again. This could be that this is a good time to hear this content but I also find myself thinking of lots of points in my life… in my journey… where this would resonate.
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