With perfect pitch for the humor and heartbreak of everyday life, Julie Buxbaum has fashioned a heroine who will be instantly recognizable to anyone who has loved and lost and loved again.When successful twenty-nine-year-old Manhattan attorney Emily Haxby ends her happy relationship just as her boyfriend is on the verge of proposing, she can’t explain to even her closest friends why she did it. Somewhere beneath her sense of fun, her bravado, and her independent exterior, Emily knows that her breakup with Andrew has less to do with him and more to do with...her. “You’re your own worst enemy,” her best friend Jess tells her. “It’s like you get pleasure out of breaking your own heart.”As the holiday season looms and Emily contemplates whether she made a huge mistake, the rest of her world begins to unravel: she is assigned to a multimillion-dollar lawsuit where she must defend the very values she detests by a boss who can’t keep his hands to himself; her Grandpa Jack, a charming, feisty octogenarian and the person she cares most about in the world, is losing it, while her emotionally distant father has left her to cope with this alo≠ and underneath it all, fading memories of her deceased mother continue to remind her that love doesn’t last forever.How this brave, original young heroine finally decides to take control of her life and face the fears that have long haunted her is the great achievement of Julie Buxbaum’s marvelous first novel. Written with the authority, grace, and wisdom of an author far beyond her years,The Opposite of Loveheralds the debut of a remarkable talent in contemporary fiction.
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The Opposite of Love
von Julie Buxbaum
With perfect pitch for the humor and heartbreak of everyday life, Julie Buxbaum has fashioned a heroine who will be instantly recognizable to anyone who has loved and lost and loved again.When successful twenty-nine-year-old Manhattan attorney Emily Haxby ends her happy relationship just as her boyfriend is on the verge of proposing, she can’t explain to even her closest friends why she did it. Somewhere beneath her sense of fun, her bravado, and her independent exterior, Emily knows that her breakup with Andrew has less to do with him and more to do with...her. “You’re your own worst enemy,” her best friend Jess tells her. “It’s like you get pleasure out of breaking your own heart.”As the holiday season looms and Emily contemplates whether she made a huge mistake, the rest of her world begins to unravel: she is assigned to a multimillion-dollar lawsuit where she must defend the very values she detests by a boss who can’t keep his hands to himself; her Grandpa Jack, a charming, feisty octogenarian and the person she cares most about in the world, is losing it, while her emotionally distant father has left her to cope with this alo≠ and underneath it all, fading memories of her deceased mother continue to remind her that love doesn’t last forever.How this brave, original young heroine finally decides to take control of her life and face the fears that have long haunted her is the great achievement of Julie Buxbaum’s marvelous first novel. Written with the authority, grace, and wisdom of an author far beyond her years,The Opposite of Loveheralds the debut of a remarkable talent in contemporary fiction.
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Rezension von Angel BulferThe opposite of love This book was really good it resembled self sabotage, grief, depression, growth, and family! The overview Emily is dealing with grief and sadness from watching her best friend, grandpa, and overall favorite person get sick and start deteriorating. He has altimers and it makes it so he's not always in the present, but he also has colon cancer and starts slowly losing weight which makes the griefing process start early since she is watching him die. She also is dealing with the fact that life took her mom at such a young age that she barely remembers her and wishes she did. Since her mom passed, it's been hard for her to communicate with her father. They drift apart a little, but once Grandpa Jack gets sick, they reunite and start repairing their relationship. Emily also broke up with her boyfriend of 1 1/2 years because she was afraid that she would lose him. (Kinda crazy right, leaving before they leave you. That is so real though). Once she figures herself out and talks about her grief in therapy is when she realizes that she messed up and needs to fix it. She starts emailing him and then eventually shows up at his house. They do get back together. My rating and why I give this a solid 4 ⭐️ it was well written and super moving in every way. I would definitely recommend giving it a read.