A book series you don’t want to miss…not your typical chick lit…will make you laugh out loud… Fox’s books are charming and funny, but they still manage to give us dating advice we can actually use.
The Doctor Is In
Brook Ogden, licensed mental health counselor, is an expert at picking up the pieces after things come apart.
She’s coached her best friend through more dating disasters than the Bachelorette, and when her mom suddenly announces she’s leaving the family home to resume her decades-delayed acting career (if their small-town Florida community theater qualifies as such), calm, levelheaded Brook holds the rest of the family together. Even when her traditional therapy practice literally collapses under a wrecking ball she maintains perfect control: landing on her feet with a weekly advice-to-the-lovelorn column and a successful consulting service as the Breakup Doctor: on call to help you shape up after a breakup.
But when her own relationship suddenly crumbles, Brook finds herself helplessly engaging in some spectacularly bad breakup behavior of her own—including rebounding with the most inappropriate of men: a dangerously hot bartender with anger-management issues—who also happens to be a former patient.
As her increasingly out-of-control behavior lands her at rock-bottom, Brook realizes you can’t always handle the messy parts of life neatly—and sometimes you can’t pull yourself together until you let yourself fall apart.
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Praise for the Breakup Doctor series
One of the great things about this series is the growth and change we see in each of the characters. The books are not just the same old, same old where the characters aren’t learning from their mistakes. They actually move forward with their lives and relationships change.
Phoebe Fox’s books are like a box of fine chocolates. Not to be eaten quickly but to be savored and enjoyed.
Just when I thought I’d never see another perfect book in my lifetime, here comes Phoebe Fox! … Phoebe Fox’s writing is smooth and eminently readable… Fast-paced, witty, fun-lighthearted read.
Completely engaging…the perfect blend of lighthearted fun and poignant observations on the intersection self-worth, friendship, and love.
A beautiful woman’s fiction novel…so moving and compelling…This will pull your heartstrings.
An amusing, snarky look at love in the 21st century.
A fun filled, heartwarming, romantic novel.
Chick lit that’s well written, smart, and fun.
Relationship advice doesn’t get much better than from the Breakup Doctor….
To me this series is perfect, I want to read more of Brook and her friends and I added it to my top 10 reads of the year. I’ll be reading anything and everything Phoebe Fox writes with excitement!
Phoebe Fox takes the time to understand the human heart and mind.
The Breakup Doctor series is getting better and better [with] each book…
On the whole, the series is funny, poignant, witty, smart, and memorable. Certainly an outstanding set of books to have and keep on your home library shelves.
Fox really has gained her place in my favorite authors spot! There is just so much charm, humor, honesty about love, breakups, friendships and living life within the pages of Heart Conditions.
Phoebe Fox has given us characters that are lovably fallible, funny, and frazzled.
A book series you don’t want to miss…not your typical chick lit…will make you laugh out loud… Fox’s books are charming and funny, but they still manage to give us dating advice we can actually use.
Multidimensional and full of life…a great series, and hard to put down.
Delightful, witty, and chock-full of warmth–I loved every page….Reading this series is like taking a trip to see your best friend, therapist and love guru all in one. Phoebe Fox writes her heart out!
Amazing, belly laughing, full of honesty, heart, and truth…This series is not to be missed!!! 5 stars.
BEDSIDE MANNERS is extremely hard to put down….Phoebe Fox creates such a heartwarming cast of characters that you can’t help but fall in love with them. Please, please, please Ms. Fox, keep on writing this series.
One of the great things about this series is the growth and change we see in each of the characters. The books are not just the same old, same old where the characters aren’t learning from their mistakes. They actually move forward with their lives and relationships change.
Fun and addicting…you will love this series!
Just when I thought I’d never see another perfect book in my lifetime, here comes Phoebe Fox! … Phoebe Fox’s writing is smooth and eminently readable… Fast-paced, witty, fun-lighthearted read.
On the whole, the series is funny, poignant, witty, smart, and memorable. Certainly an outstanding set of books to have and keep on your home library shelves.
Fox doesn’t just know how to write clearly and powerfully…she has real insight into relationships…a laugh-out-loud read. Fox has a real winner here.
The Breakup Doctor is a full-service book: a heartwarming and funny story about friendship, romance, and the heart-wrenching reality of breakups—while busting out some spot-on dating advice along the way.
Therapist Brook Ogden is a genius when it comes to helping people push past the crazy stage and mend their broken hearts, but when Brook suffers her own heartbreak, will she take her own advice? (Answer: no, which is why this book is so funny.)
Breakup Doctor Discussion Questions
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Download this guide as PDF Sasha is clearly Brook’s best friend and closest confidante. Why does Brook turn on her when things are bleakest for her after Sasha gets her out of jail?
- Why does Brook have so much trouble getting along with her mother, when she and her father seem to have such a good relationship? Is she actually close to either of her parents?
- Have you experienced trouble relating to a parent, and tried to learn to see them as a person, instead of just your parent? Did it affect your relationship? If so, how?
- Thanks to her background as a mental health professional, as well as her own practical nature, Brook knows how unhealthy certain post-breakup behaviors are. So why does she end up doing so many of them despite that?
- Did you like the relationship Brook had with Kendell prior to their breakup? Did you see warning signs that told you their relationship might not be on firm ground? If so, what were they?
- When you have had your heart broken in the past, do you handle things more like Sasha or like Brook? In other words, do you let yourself feel what you’re feeling, act out if you need to, to get past it, or do you “tough things out” until the pain fades? Do you consciously handle heartbreak the way you do? If so, why?
- Is it helpful to share your pain and vulnerabilities with loved ones, or does that make it harder for you?
- Does Ben seem like a good match for Brook, or is it too soon to tell? If he does, why? How is he different from the other men in Brook’s life whom we know about? Why does she call him at the end of the story, when she seemed to have decided she had missed her opportunity with him?
- Did Brook’s heartache with Kendell—and her fiancé Michael before him—make you think of a time your heart has been broken? What did you do afterward? How long did it take you to heal, and what helped you do so?
Ideas for Food and Drink
As Brook says, there are so many more than fifty ways to leave your lover, but often the feeling of heartbreak is universal. Here are some ideas for Food and Drink for The Breakup Doctor series (from the “Breakup Binge Bar” at the Breakup Doctor launch party!):