<DIV>The perfect anti-valentine: a whirlwind tour through love’s most crushing moments <br><br> What’s the best way to mend a broken heart? Forget ice cream, wine, and sappy movies. Journalist Meghan Laslocky advises: Read through the pain. From forbidden love in 12th century Paris to the art of crafting the perfect “I’m over you” mix CD, <I>The Little Book of Heartbreak</I> is a quirky exploration of all things lovelorn, including:<br> • How serial cheater Ernest Hemingway stole his wife’s job just as their marriage was collapsing<br> • Kinky spells cast by lovesick men in ancient Greece<BR> • Painter Oscar Kokoschka’s attempt to get over an ex by creating (and having liaisons with!) her life-size replica <br> • Brooding crooner Morrissey’s personal creed about how romantic love is useless<br> • The connection between World War II and what you talk about with your therapist<br> • Insights into the tricky chemistry of monogamy, courtesy of tiny rodents<br> • And other lessons learned from ill-fated romances, lovers’ quarrels, and hell-hath-no-fury spats throughout the ages<br><br> Featuring anecdotes from history, literature, culture, art and music, <I>The Little Book of Heartbreak</I> shares the entertaining, empowering and occasionally absurd things that happen when love is on its last legs.</div>