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“Let me say, there is nothing wrong with a younger woman marrying an older man. However, there is definitely something wrong with anyone marrying Norman Mailer.”

It Ended Badly: Thirteen of the Worst Breakups in History by Jennifer Wright

October 24, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 3 Book 12/30 As always with Jennifer Wright, I laughed the whole book. She also has really good luck with audiobook narrators. Hillary Huber does a great job with her sly (and sometimes not so sly) humor. This book does exactly what it says on the tin. There are thirteen essays (and a small introduction) detailing in Wright’s signature style thirteen of the worst breakups throughout recorded history, starting with Nero in Rome all the way up to Elizabeth […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Comedy/Humor, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, audiobooks, humor, it ended badly, jennifer wright, narfna, non fiction, Thirteen of the Worst Breakups in History

narfna's CBR15 Review No:114 · Genres: Audiobooks, Comedy/Humor, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, audiobooks, humor, it ended badly, jennifer wright, narfna, non fiction, Thirteen of the Worst Breakups in History ·
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A Book for the BBC Movie At Home Set

September 27, 2016 by faintingviolet 4 Comments

This book has been reviewed several times for the Cannonball Read and that is how it ended up on my radar at all (which is how oh so many books end up in front of me). I am a history nerd so a rundown of thirteen historical relationships that did not end well sounded great to me. I have to tell you, I slammed through this book in two sittings. Quick review: a witty, friendly, informally written but well informed gathering of information that you […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: breakups, faintingviolet, history, it ended badly, jennifer wright, Love

faintingviolet's CBR8 Review No:65 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: breakups, faintingviolet, history, it ended badly, jennifer wright, Love ·
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And they did NOT live happily ever after

December 9, 2015 by Caitlin_D Leave a Comment

I had no clue who Jennifer Wright is (according to her author’s page she is a contributor at The New York Observer and the New York Post) prior to picking up It Ended Badly but I am a fan! She has collected 13 of the worst break ups in history ranging from the well known- Henry VIII – to the relatively unknown- Timothy Dexter. The primary takeaway I got while reading this was that it sucked to be miserable in your marriage in Victorian England. […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction, Romance Tagged With: it ended badly, It ended badly 13 of the worst breakups in history, jennifer wright

Caitlin_D's CBR7 Review No:79 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction, Romance · Tags: it ended badly, It ended badly 13 of the worst breakups in history, jennifer wright ·
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