How to Fall Out of Love Madly: A Novel

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But the thought such as it was was useless because no one had sex with Joy until she was twenty-four. Annie is baffled by Joy's senseless devotion to Theo, but she's consumed by her own obsessions: she can't stop parsing her commitment-phobic boyfriend's texts in an exhausting mission to maintain his approval.

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. The characters are constantly reflecting on how men suck, but are also so interested in having a nuclear-ever-after. I wanted to turn around and say, “Fuck you,” but my instinct was to just leave the party as soon as possible, so I did. Eventually, the tone darkens and the story narrows to focus on Jude as the pain of his past cuts deep into his carefully constructed life.

With all the apartment bashing Annie had done, it was nice to indulge in the idea that it would be them against the world as they chose the dish soap scent and reorganized the refrigerator magnets. 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. We meet three women, one who is average sized (but still probably on the thinner side), one skinny, and one drop-dead gorgeous Instagram model type and they all hate themselves. When they rent out the third bedroom in their apartment to handsome, flirtatious Theo everything gets complicated. She could vividly remember throwing up completely undigested Sno-Caps to the sound of a little kid’s voice outside the bathroom stall saying, “I think someone is throwing up.

Despite these flaws, Casale's engaging writing style and examination of women's relationships make this a thought-provoking read for those interested in the intricacies of love and empowerment.When Jude, as an adult, is adopted by his favorite Harvard law professor, his friends join him for Thanksgiving in Cambridge every year. Whelp, this salt and pepper haired man does something for Joy because soon enough, she falls head over heels for him. Casale documents the pain and freedom that come with recognizing these behaviors - and there’s pleasure in recognition for reader.

Consider the following which was written as one of the characters last sentances (this is supposed to be her little final, conclusive, prance off into the sunset moment): "Actually, I haven't met one straight woman yet who hasn't gotten self worth from having a man in her life. So now, it is just Joy and Theo…until Theo brings home the most picture-perfect woman Joy has ever seen and introduces her as his girlfriend. Perceptive, mordantly funny, and full of heart, How to Fall Out of Love Madly examines women’s many relationships—with one another, their mothers, their work, men, and themselves—to reveal their underlying power and complexity.She even took off her shoes and tucked her feet up under herself trying to find a position comfortable enough to stop the pain. Jana Casale so intimately captures how these smart, capable characters talk themselves into living lives that they don’t enjoy. Each one is flailing through their early thirties and are all involved or infatuated with alarmingly unremarkable men. This book surrounds 3 women whose lives are oppressed by the men in them - from shitty boyfriends to sleazy bosses.