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.