Product Description

We've all been there: one minute you're in a loving relationship, or maybe just on your third date with a guy who's not too weird, the next minute you've been dumped. Now you're a reject, choking back the sobs as you trundle home alone.

If Dumped was a kingdom, Alexandra Heminsley would be its queen. She's been dumped in a restaurant, dumped in a stairwell, dumped in a graveyard - the locations changed but the excruciating pain stayed the same. Now in this intimate and witty memoir she shares her experiences, taking us on a laugh-out-loud journey from her initial helpless dejection to the rebound fling and several other failed relationships that finally set her on the road to recovery. She shares the insights she gathered along the way, from what heartbreak really does to your hormones to what he really means when he says, 'It's not you, it's me', as well as what not to do with your hair when you've been dumped. And, of course, the best ways to utilise the healing power of songs - after all, no one wants to get stuck in the Mary J. Blige Contemplative Stage for too long but woe betide the girl who attempts the Eurythmics' 'Thorn in My Side' too soon. Above all, Alexandra reveals the important truth she learns: that being dumped should not be a source of shame but should be a badge of honour. Because unless you're ready to risk all, you'll never find love.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #347957 in Books
• Published on: 2007-08-03
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

Review
At last: a self-help book that doesn't claim to have all the answers. This funny and touching guide to getting dumped and living to tell the tale starts with 'we need to talk' and ends in New York, via the science of heartbreak, Scottish dancing and motorbike pyramids. It won't make it all better; but it will convince you that you're not alone. The Pizza of Rejection we've all done; being consoled in Latin by Larry Hagman, some of us haven't. --The Independent

Laugh out loud. --Glamour

Time Out
'What lifts it way above standard self-help fluff is that Heminsley is much cleverer and funnier than the form demands. . . Alongside the family vignettes and wry anecdotes is sound advice on coping with the aftermath. It's warm, witty and wise - even the bits that feel like your neurotic best friend shouting at you in a lift.'

Time Out
''What lifts it way above standard self-help fluff is that Heminsley is much cleverer and funnier than the form demands. Alongside the family vignettes and wry anecdotes is sound advice on coping with the aftermath. It's warm, witty and wise - even the bits that feel like your neurotic best friend shouting at you in a lift.'

Customer Reviews

Snort out loud funny!
"Ex in the City" had me snorting with laughter (and the neighbour in the next garden coughing in embarrassed reply). I especially loved Alexandra Heminsley's synopsis of Giselle, her Jumper of Strangulation and the fax-beeping canary. You must read this book this summer!

An incredible new writing talent
I laughed till I cried reading Ex and the City. The Government should buy a job lot and hand them out free on the NHS to troubled females who have been through heartbreak and loss. Buy this book for any friend who has recently suffered at the hands of an insensitive male and defy them not to feel better in the space of an afternoon!

Funny and True
The book is truthful and will tell you what is going to happen to you and what you are going to do.

You don't realise that you are going through these stages after a break-up but this book breaks it up for you and explains them to you. It shows you that there is a light at the end of the tunnel and finds a way to make the most of a bad situation. It is funny and to make you feel better, the author shares her own experiences with you. It is just a shame that she is unable to take the pain away.

It is a good read and will give you advice on how to get over a break-up, but we all know that no matter what anyone says, they can't heal a brokenheart. You just need time.