How to Fall Out of Love Madly by Jana Casale

Then she thought of herself as little fragments drifting into the universe in tiny little pieces, and then she thought of each little fragment as separate and Whole world was taking notice of the electricity. She thought that maybe she should lie still, and then she thought of herself and the way it felt to sing in a shower and how good and free she was then, like there was lightning all over her body and the

Perceptive, mordantly funny, and full of heart, How to Fall Out of Love Madly examines women’s many relationships-with one another, their mothers, their work, men, and themselves-to reveal their underlying power and complexity.“A few hours after the nurse left, Leda felt suddenly very tired. But when an anonymous letter lands on her desk accusing her esteemed and supportive boss of sexual misconduct, she is forced to decide who and what she’s willing to stand up for. At work, where she fully embraces her natural assertiveness, Annie is a star. Haunted by an event from her past, Celine can’t escape her shame and finds herself in an endless cycle of self-sabotage.Īnnie is baffled by Joy’s senseless devotion to Theo, but she’s consumed by her own obsessions: she can’t stop parsing her commitment-phobic boyfriend’s texts in an exhausting mission to maintain his approval. She is too obsessed to realize that Celine’s beauty doesn’t protect her from pain. Joy resolves to do whatever it takes to hold on to him, falling ever deeper into an emotional hellscape of her own making. Then Theo brings home Celine, the girlfriend he’s never mentioned, who is possibly the most stunning woman Joy has ever seen. When Annie goes to live with her boyfriend, Theo and Joy settle into a comfortable domesticity. To make ends meet, they decide to rent their extra bedroom to Theo, who charms Joy with his salt-and-pepper hair and adoration of their one-eyed cat.

Joy and Annie are friends and roommates whose thirty-something lives aren’t exactly what they’d imagined. Three women confront the compromises they’ve made to appease the men they love. “Everyone who loves Sally Rooney should be reading Jana Casale!”-Julie Buntin, author of Marlena Learning the hard way to love themselves, the women teach invaluable lessons.”- People “Three relatable thirty somethings drive this ode to womanhood.

How to Fall Out of Love Madly by Jana Casale