HOW TO FALL OUT OF LOVE MADLY

With wit, brains, and empathy, Jana Casale throws open the curtain on the inner lives of three young women and illuminates their pain and beauty. Casale captures a very particular moment, one thats so raw and intimate, its often just easier to ignore. How to Fall Out of Love Madly insists that we pay attention. The book is a literary triumph, and its also an absolute delight.b>--Lauren Fox, New York Times bestselling author of Send for Mebr>/b>br>Achingly funny, startlingly intimate, viciously familiar, How to Fall Out of Love Madly says every quiet part of being a woman out loud. Jana Casale isnt just inside my head--shes inside its back of the closet, where I keep things I know about being a woman but dont like always to look at. This story throws on a light, showing us what to own and what to let go of.b>--Megan Angelo, author of Followersbr>/b>br>Can a book resonate too much? Potent and poignant, How to Fall Out of Love Madly offers characters so lovable, and social commentary so sharp, that I have paper cuts from turning the pages and a special place in my heart for Casales unapologetic storytelling.b>--Beck Dorey-Stein, New York Times bestselling author of From the Corner of the Oval and Rock the Boat/b>br>br>I love this book with all my heart! Jana Casale is a master storyteller--observant, witty, sharp, and funny. How to Fall Out of Love Madly is an intimate look at three women and the way they move through the world, shapeshifting around men, other women, even themselves in their quest to find love and happiness. This book is an honest and compelling look at female friendship, romantic relationships, and infatuation, and I couldnt put it down.b>--Jennifer Close, New York Times bestselling author of Girls in White Dresses and Marrying the Ketchups/b>br>br>Joy and Annie and Celine are competing in the mental gymnastics Olympics of excusing the bad behavior of the men in their lives. Jana Casale so intimately captures their ways of thinking that the reader can really see how these smart, capable characters talk themselves into living lives that they dont enjoy. This book is funny and heartfelt--readers will root for all three of these women as they shake themselves off and start asking what might actually make them happy.b>--CJ Hauser, author of Family of Origin and The Crane Wife/b>br>br>I am a Jana Casale superfan. In subtle, exquisitely precise prose, she brings her characters--three women who are restrained in different ways by their bodies and their desires--into such crisp focus you almost feel as if youre watching a documentary about their lives. How to Fall Out of Love Madly astounds with its insights about love and the search for meaning and self-acceptance. Everyone who loves Sally Rooney should be reading Jana Casale!b>--Julie Buntin, author of Marlena/b>