Book of the Month

The Heartbreak Handbook by Valerie Frankel '87 and Ellen Tien (Ballantine Books, 1993).

Been dumped? Need a coupla pals to help pull your heart back together?

Say hello to fellow dumpees Val Frankel (mystery writer, Mademoiselle editor, and former columnist for The Dartmouth) and Ellen

Tien (Cosmopolitan editor and Frankel's best bud) and their paperback tonic subtitled "How to survive the worst 24 hours of your life and then move on."

Lacing their own sob stories

Breakin'up ain't hard todo, says Frankel.