30 days to getting over the dork you used to call your boyfriend

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Title:

30 days to getting over the dork you used to call your boyfriend

Author:

Hantman, Clea.

ISBN:

9780385735490

Edition:

1st trade pbk. ed.

Publication Information:

New York : Delacorte Press, c2008.

Physical Description:

161 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Subject Term:

Dating (Social customs)

Single women -- Psychology.

Man-woman relationships.

Separation (Psychology)

Self-help techniques.

Local Subject:

Teen nonfiction collection.

Summary:

A day-by-day guide provides thirty days of activities, break-up songs, and advice for teenage girls to help them transition from a depressed, in-denial dumpee to an in-control, ready-for-romance single gal.

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BEING DUMPED HURTS. But you know what? It happens to everyone. Even Gwyneth, even Cameron, even Madonna have been on the losing end of love. The part you might not believe is that no matter how brutally your heart's been broken, those wounds will heal. But the longer you dwell on the dork, the longer your heart will remain cracked. Enter 30 Days to Getting Over the Dork You Used to Call Your Boyfriend. One day at a time, 30 days in a row. At the end, you'll find you have the power to yank that dagger out of your chest, stand tall, walk proud, and move on. And along the way, you may just discover something marvelous and surprising about yourself.

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Publisher's Weekly Review

For those dealing with a bad breakup, 30 Days to Getting Over the Dork You Used to Call Your Boyfriend: A Heartbreak Handbook by Clea Hantman takes readers through five stages of grief (denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance), supplying a month's worth of suggestions on how to deal. Along with providing a "song of the day," Hantman proposes activities such as doing yoga or channeling a foreign female to rebuild confidence ("Do you admire the supreme confidence of Brazilian women? Or the stoic serenity of Eastern European women?... When I'm in a funk and feeling low, I channel my inner Frenchwoman"). (Delacorte, $7.99 paper 176p ages 12-up ISBN 9780-385-73549-0; Jan.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

Kirkus Review

An experienced advice columnist offers a self-help guide on surviving being dumped. Hantman guides the brokenhearted reader through 30 days of activities, including craft projects, which will help the woman scorned work past her hellish fury. Readers fresh from a breakup are encouraged in a friendly yet wise and respectful tone to spend quality time with their friends and perform activities that will help them achieve a better sense of self. The guide is divided into five sections, one for each of the stages of grief. Readers are reassured that it's okay to remember the good times of their broken relationship and that it's okay to feel that breaking up really is hard to do even when the boy who dumped them is a dork. By the end, the reader is ready to face the dating world again. Backmatter includes lists such as "Movies about being dumped," "Girls who have been dumped more famously than you (and lived to tell)" and a list of 15 YA novels about relationships both good and bad. Aimed at a very specific audience, but those who need it will find some trustworthy advice. (Nonfiction. YA) Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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