Description:
Winner of the 2023 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award
A Five Books "Best Literary Science Writing" Book of 2023 - A Smithsonian Best Science Book of 2022 - A Prospect Magazine Top Memoir of 2022 - A KCRW Life Examined Best Book of 2022
"Keen observer [and] deft writer" (David Quammen) Florence Williams explores the fascinating, cutting-edge science of heartbreak while seeking creative ways to mend her own.
Brief description: A contributing editor at Outside magazine, Florence Williams is the author of Breasts, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and The Nature Fix. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, National Geographic, and many other outlets. She lives in Washington, DC.
Review Quotes: A masterful blend of investigative reporting and personal narrative, chock-full of fascinating insights, gorgeous nature writing and an ample helping of compassion (some of which Williams deservedly reserves for herself).--Alexis Burling "San Francisco Chronicle"