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Five Men Who Broke My Heart by Susan Shapiro Available in hardcover and paperback from Delacorte Press Five Men has been optioned by Paramount Pictures Order at Amazon.com Read an excerpt See The Today Show Interview Read interviews in the The New York Times and Salon |
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Next Seminar Sun. January 11 from 2-8 pm with guest star literary agent Molly Lyons & Overlook book editor Aaron Schlecter $175. For more info call Sue 212-677-4712 or email ProfSue123@aol.com TEMPLE UNIVERSITY READING & HOW TO REALLY GET PUBLISHED TALK with Philly native, comedy writer Patty Marx Wednesday January 21 at 5:30 pm FREE Temple University Student Activities Center 1755 N. 13th Street (at Montgomery Street) CHARITY BENEFIT READING & CELEBRATION FOR BETWEEN THE COVERS by Book Babes Margo Hammond & Ellen Heltzel Friday night January 23 at 7:30 pm at Greenwich Village Barnes & Noble 6th Avenue & 8th Street (free) NEW SCHOOL 14-WEEK WINTER CLASSES Start again Monday nights January 26 WRITING ABOUT SEX & LOVE PANEL Celebrating BEHIND THE BEDROOM DOOR with editors Paula Derrow & Danielle Perez agents Alexis Hurley & Ryan Harbage and writers Valerie Frankel & Sue Shapiro Friday February 13 at 7 pm at the Columbus Circle Borders (free) |
Reading with Paula Derrow Thursday February 19 at 8 pm Happy Ending at 302 Broome St. INSTANT-GRATIFICATION-TAKES-TOO-LONG Five-week Private Essay Writing Workshops Tuesday nights March 3 to March 31 Two Sections: 5:30-7:30 pm & 7:45-9:45 Meets in Greenwich Village - $500 Contact: ProfSue123@aol.com SATURDAY ESSAY WRITING SEMINARS April 18 & April 25 from 2-5 pm Cooper Union, 7 East 7th Street in Greenwich Village NYC $170 To Register call: 212-353-4195 SUMMER 2009 NEW SCHOOL CLASSES Writing for NYC Newspapers & Magazines starts Monday night June 1 from 6-10 pm FREE SHRINKS ARE AWAY READING Debuting the novel SPEED SHRINKING Tuesday night August 4 at 7 pm at McNally Jackson Booksellers in Soho 52 Prince Street (at Mulberry Street) |
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and honest, it's bewitching. Erica Jong She's one of the funniest writers about love and marriage that I know of today. Ian Frazier She's hysterical and her book is funny too. Joan Rivers Sly, funny, on the money. Rita Mae Brown Heartbreaking and hilarious Bookpage ...a witty, canny, ballsy reminder that our past relationships are part of our lives... Lynn Harris Salon.com ...a funny, brisk and achingly honest account of her romantic past Julie Hinds Detroit Free Press Delicious prose, brave, heartfelt, funny... powerful... Sue Margolis This is an engaging, amazing, extremely emotional memoir. Susan Shapiro writes so well about love gone wrong that FIVE MEN WHO BROKE MY HEART broke my heart too. Molly Jong Fast Shapiro doesn't disappoint. She dishes outlandishly about her exes, using Freud for garnish... bitingly funny and revealing...Acknowledgements at the book's close include a note to her 'beloved husband' that reprints his advice to her. His ribald quip alone - unsuitable for a family newspaper - makes the book worth the price. Jackie Pray USA Today Shapiro's funny and heartfelt recollections of past relationships are so entertaining, it's a shame she doesn't have an endless supply. The seasoned journalist... embarked on a cross-country jaunt to reconnect with her beaux... the result is a delightfully kaleidoscopic autobiography of an impulsive and passionate woman who comes of age with style. Publishers Weekly ...In a sly, candid memoir, Shapiro revists five exes...What is best about this disarmingly frank account...is Shapiro's desire to tell the whole truth about her delusions and obsessions as well as her breakthroughs and triumphs...Shapiro lets her husband, Aaron, emerge as the book's true hero... Pam Houston O The Oprah Magazine Susan Shapiro's promiscuously readable guilty pleasure of a memoir has a caustic urbane feel. A freelance writer embarks on a Seinfeldian quest to settle accounts with five exes... a comedy of manners that unfurls in a Greenwich Village demi monde...Our heroine settles for a book deal not to mention true love - sigh! Jenny Feldman Elle Magazine ...honest, poignant, original and hilarious Pamela S. Thompson Lincoln Journal Star ...suddenly old boyfriends are popping up all over. Aha! Susan thinks, here's a great idea for a book. And it is. Hilarious, neurotic, sad, funny, obsessed - and that's just the author. Susan Shapiro's life would have made a great Seinfeld episode. Then again, maybe it did. Moira L. MacKinnon Hamilton Ontario Spectator ...Shapiro's honest and funny assessment of her own shortcomings is...deeply touching and readers can't help but get attached to her story. Everyone...wonders about the one who got away... Shapiro is skillful and lucky enough to find out the answer without losing the one who loved her all along. Erica Noonan Boston Globe weekly Hysterical The Jerusalem Post BEST OF THE HEAP Here are some quality books that impressed reviewers...Wolf Schneider liked FIVE MEN WHO BROKE MY HEART...Smart, snappy chick lit - her Love Chart comparing her lovers' ages, heights, assets and fatal flaws was very entertaining. The Santa Fe New Mexican ...All this cyber sleuthing was inspired by Five Men Who Broke My Heart, Shapiro's nonfiction account of tracking down her greatest loves. My book club agreed to read the tell-all, then dig up dirt on our own former flames. I found the exercise addictive, dredging up ex-lovers' marriages licenses and wedding photos...Thanks to Google, Classmates, Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn, you can now find almost anyone online... The Santa Barbara Independent |
Barbara Fisher Boston Sunday Globe ...It's a funny midlife crisis book about a woman...who tracks down her old boyfriends...The chapter on her first date with her future husband...is as clever and revealing as anything Woody Allen has imagined... J. Peder Zane The Raleigh, North Carolina News " Observer In the end, Shapiro concludes that the failed relationships were her fault. Note to author: They weren't. Or maybe you skipped some of what you did wrong. Anyway, everyone who reads this book will be thrilled you didn't marry the guy who was secretly sleeping with your roommate. Susan Whitney Deseret Morning News ...like slipping into a warm, inviting bath...Shapiro reveals all, slicing her life to the bone and summing up her lovers in wry sentences...a fast funny read that pulls us forward, curious to discover why relationships with five interesting, intelligent men imploded... Sue Pierman Milwaukee Journal Sentinal ...An easy, breezy read...Talk about a great hook...David steps into the picture as if he were Freddie Krueger, knives gleaming...he slashes her heart....Now that's what I call a scene...In the most poignant writing, she gently confronts her distant father and learns his small but important secrets... Patti Thorn Rocky Mountain News I was literally standing in the middle of my living room reading... You can't wait to read about her next liaison... self-deprecating and hilarious...As captivating as her reunions are, her family makes for great storytelling...With its sweet ending, sharp wit...this book will leave you hoping for a sequel... Girlfriendbooks.com No one will feel ambivalent about this tell-all memoir...well-written enough to cause even the least nostalgic reader to remember romantic moments way back when... The Fort Worth Texas Morning Star Telegraph Light, playful...the entertaining dating philosophies she culls from her soul-searching offer a decent payoff. For example, Shapiro rationalizes her penchant for sensationalistic celebrity breakups: "No matter how rich or talented or smart you were, sex gone wrong could turn your life into an ugly circus. It made me feel better..." Kate Jacobs New York Times Book Review ...a wise, funny and moving memoir that gives birth to a new, original voice....Any woman struggling to become more actualized can relate to Shapiro's quest... Cindy Frenkel Jewish News ...deft, diverting and laugh-out-loud funny Susan Comninos The Forward ...as lively and genuinely funny as the work of...Wendy Wasserstein...a Cosmo girl's tale of a life divided between ambition and fiery lust...As Shapiro shuffles old boyfriends like a lovesick teenager with a tarot deck, she evokes a very powerful sense of romance's liminal nature... Lynn Crosbie The Toronto Star ...a thoughtful examination of what you can learn and what you may risk by journeying deep into your own past. Carole Goldberg Hartford Courant ...For older sisters looking for fairytale endings, I recommend Five Men Who Broke My Heart...Shapiro meets an old flame during her "no-book-no-baby summer".... This has a happy ending -- Shapiro finds her true love --- but like in the Real World...it's about hard-won compromise, not romantic mush. And, hey, she gets her book, too. Margo Hammond The St. Petersburg Times Published in Japanese by Hayakawa Publishing... "Five Men Who Broke My Heart" is an impassioned memoir that chronicles Shapiro's life as she reconnects with five former boyfriends much to the dismay of her husband... told with astounding honesty...the story has universal appeal... a no-holds barred page-turner. Kyodo News Service |