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Instructions for Heartbreak

A gorgeous, razor-sharp novel about female friendship and healing a broken heart
By Sarah Handyside
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Warm, gorgeous, tender and hopeful . . . Simply brilliant - Daisy Buchanan, author of Insatiable Relatable . . . a celebration of female friendship - Stylist Funny and moving - Daily Mail A stunning novel - Cosmopolitan * A beautiful, razor-sharp novel by Sarah Handyside,... Read More
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Everything I Know About Love meets Expectation in this beautiful, razor-sharp novel about female friendship, modern dating and how to survive a broken heart.

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Warm, gorgeous, tender and hopeful . . . Simply brilliant - Daisy Buchanan, author of Insatiable

Relatable . . . a celebration of female friendship - Stylist

Funny and moving - Daily Mail

A stunning novel - Cosmopolitan

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A beautiful, razor-sharp novel by Sarah Handyside, Instructions for Heartbreak is a life-affirming story about female friendship, self-love, and how to survive a broken heart.

What if heartbreak came with a manual?

It starts with a late-night knock on the door. Katie's three best friends share a flat in South London, while Katie lives close by with her boyfriend. But when her nine-year relationship ends - suddenly and brutally - she turns up on her friends' doorstep with no idea what to do next.

Out comes the martini shaker (an old, well-washed gherkin jar), an unused sketchbook and an idea. They'll make Katie the handbook she needs to process her heartbreak and start rebuilding her life.

But Katie is not the only one nursing a broken heart. With notes on everything from tears and hangovers to new bedding and white-hot rage, could the heartbreak handbook they intended for Katie contain the words they all need to hear?

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Readers are loving Instructions for Heartbreak:

Amazing female friendships. I flew through this book . . . a MUST-read

A wonderfully nuanced, emotionally intelligent and insightful story of female friendships, relationships, growing up and finding your family

There is nothing better than the power of female friendships and women coming together to help one another. This book delivers that message and more! I loved every minute

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781035032792

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 August 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Pan Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 26.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 286g

Pages: 416

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Contemporary Romance Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Romance Sarah Handyside

About the Author

Sarah Handyside is a Northumbrian in London, a former communications consultant and a current government policy advisor. She lives with her husband and two children. The opening pages of Instructions for Heartbreak were longlisted for the Curtis Brown First Novel Award.

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