{"product_id":"breakup-the-end-of-a-love-story-9780385495233","title":"Breakup: The End of a Love Story","description":"\u003ci\u003eI will never forgive you.\u003cbr\u003eI will never make love with you again.\u003cbr\u003eI do not love you anymore.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBreakup\u003c\/i\u003e is the erotically charged chronicle of the tempestuous final months of an eighteen-year romantic and literary partnership, self-destructing in the aftermath of the ultimate betrayal. Fearlessly and courageously, Texier chronicles the end of that love as it is wrecked by infidelity and deceit in a literary tour de force reminiscent by turns of Marguerite Duras and Henry Miller. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTexier writes in harrowing detail about the powerful sexual relationship she shared with her husband even during their breakup, how sex between them became a substitute for real intimacy, and how the fabric of a marriage (a shared cup of caf  au lait on a yellow table every morning, the memories of giving birth to two glorious daughters, of coediting their own literary magazine) is brutally dissolved. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBreakup\u003c\/i\u003e is unsentimental and unflinching, a journal of love's exquisite torture. Every emotion, including rage, disgust, self-pity, hatred, sympathy, and jealousy, is mined. Heartbreaking, too, is the effect of the breakup on Texier's two children who, sometimes caught in the crossfire of their parents' turmoil, are trapped as the relationship spirals out of control and their once-secure home becomes a battlefield. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUltimately, \u003ci\u003eBreakup\u003c\/i\u003e is about the risks one great passion involves. It is a journey of the heart in all its wild beating; a courageous diary of a soul laid bare, and the redemptive power of love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/17\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385495233\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 5.22w x 0.58d","brand":"Catherine Texier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38012679127221,"sku":"9780385495233","price":12.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_153aa675-e6b6-4e95-8963-ad6486d8ac52.jpg?v=1609137321","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/breakup-the-end-of-a-love-story-9780385495233","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}