Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journey follows a journalist's search for why romantic loss produces real physical and emotional pain. After a long marriage ends she pursues research and personal experiments to understand how grief affects the body and mind.

Her reporting moves from neuroscience and gene-expression labs to controlled therapeutic settings, with experiments that probe immune and neural responses to loneliness. She also explores wilderness, ritual, and the emotion of awe as practical ways people regain equilibrium.

For readers curious about the biology of sadness, recovery strategies, and contemporary science writing, the book blends investigative reporting with candid memoir. It clarifies how social pain operates and highlights evidence-based paths toward healing.

• Topics: social pain, neuroscience, genetics, therapy
• Approach: investigative science + memoir
• Audience: adults interested in mental health

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