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Pildora Del Mal Amor (Vivir Mejor (Vergara)) (2008)

by Anjanette Delgado(Favorite Author)

3.58 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

6074803021 (ISBN13: 9786074803020)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Ediciones B

review 1: Reviewed by: Donna Del Oro, Author of "Operation Familia" and "Hasta la Vista, Baby" Member of Livin' la vida Latina Review: THE HEARTBREAK PILL is a romantic comedy that won First Place in the Latino Books into Movies Awards contest; my novel, OPERATION FAMILIA, won Second Place in the same category, so I was curious to read the novel that won over mine. I wasn't disappointed! From page one, my attention was riveted to Erika Luna's story and I read the book in two days. Erika Luna, a research chemist for Nuevo Med, is a Cuban-American wife who's dumped callously by her handsome husband of seven years. In her distinctive voice, she tells of her slow, painful journey from the fog of denial into the light of forgiveness and indifference--in Erika's words, from "please come b... moreack" to "to hell with him", and finally to "I could care less"--and a kind of peace within herself. Along the way to self-knowledge and acceptance, she researches the part of the brain that controls a human's emotions and discovers that the chemical reactions in the caudate nucleus center of the brain cause the euphoria of love, its addictive qualities, and the mental and physical pain of love's loss. With her quick scientific mind, Erika experiments with a drug that can reduce her own pain and fill the "big black hole" in her heart/brain. Only then, she decides, can she truly heal and be happy again. Of course, she's thinking like a scientist. What she soon learns is that other factors come into play when trying to close the wound of heartbreak. Along the way, she meets two men who show her different aspects of her self; one is a painter who happens to speak my favorite line of dialogue in the book: "What is art, poetry and music but the transformation of an artist's pain into a present for humanity?" In this delightful, humorous but poignant story, Anjanette Delgado shows us the journey everyone must take to recover from love's loss. And I couldn't help but think of my second novel, HASTA LA VISTA, BABY, another story of heartbreak and healing. The same catalyst but two totally different stories. Heartbreak is an all too familiar story but with a zillion different journeys.
review 2: Reviewed by Steph for TeensReadToo.comErika Luna is happy -- she has a successful job, a comfortable home, and a loving husband. All this comes crashing down when Erika finds out that her husband, Martin, is cheating on her with another woman. Fighting ensues that leads to a quick divorce. Now it's up to Erika -- along with her father, his partner, and a few friends -- to get her life back on track. Along this road of self-discovery, Erika stumbles upon a brilliant idea: why not find a pill that one can take to cure heartbreak? Being the brilliant chemist that she is, Erika starts on a journey to end worldwide heartbreak in the form of a pharmaceutical pill. Ms. Delgado writes a witty story about a woman on a path of self-discovery. Erika's story and realizations are inspiring to any reader. After finishing the book, the reader will feel satisfied and refreshed -- ready to go out on his or her own journey to figure out who they really are. This funny and entertaining story will please all who read it. less

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