When a romantic relationship is torn apart it can wreak havoc in the lives and emotions of everyone involved, and the pain is worse if you were not the one who wanted it to end. You may wonder whether the ache in your heart will ever go away. Lou Priolo's answer is that it will, and that relief can be found even while you feel forsaken, because real healing comes from outside yourself.

The book treats the grief honestly before it treats the idolatry that a broken relationship often exposes, which is the order that makes it bearable to read in the middle of it. Priolo is a biblical counselor and writes in that register: specific, unsentimental and practical. Short enough for someone who cannot concentrate, and suitable to give away.