Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journey
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When her twenty-five-year marriage suddenly falls apart, journalist Florence Williams expects the loss to hurt. But when she starts feeling physically sick, losing weight and sleep, she sets out in pursuit of rational explanation. 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. Soon Williams finds herself on a surprising path...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1324003480
ISBN13:9781324003489
Release Date:February 2022
Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company
Length:304 Pages
Weight:1.11 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.3" x 9.1"
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