“[Honey’s] candid self-reflection illustrates the depth of her transformation, and her conflicted and at times contradictory desires add a welcome layer of complexity to an already nuanced narrative. . . . Honey’s witty, frank storytelling makes this book compulsively readable.”
Kirkus Reviews
“[A] nuanced and engaging narrative of a young woman struggling through love and heartbreak.”
Booklist
“Every few decades, there’s that one book that shapes directly how we all understand the potentially radical, and radically heartbreaking, space between touching and being touched, running to and running away, f’ing shit up and feeling f’ed. Minda Honey has created a momentous piece of art, of course, but most importantly, The Heartbreak Years will teach a generation of us what’s possible when writing through, to, and beneath the pulpy inside of desire and fear.”
Kiese Laymon, bestselling author of Long Division and Heavy
“If The Heartbreak Years were a person, it’d be the girl you meet in line for the bathroom at the club. Vulnerable, hilarious, there to whisper hard-earned wisdom into your ear while holding back your hair. Minda Honey has written a fierce rallying cry for the single and lovesick, for those who dare to see the hope in being a romantic. The stories in this book are vibrant, tender, self-aware without being jaded, compulsively readable but never easy. When some f’boy has got you down, Honey’s words are an outstretched hand reaching to lift you back up.”
Edgar Gomez, author of High-Risk Homosexual and Alligator Tears
"Minda Honey has written a great memoir for her generation, and for right now. Her memory is so precise, I felt as if I were in the bar or car for these devastatingly honest chapters - as a writer, she's never sentimental or compromised, but searing and truthful and often hilarious in her narratives, seeking realistic love and life and community. She's like a stand-up comic, but one whose prose is laden with insight, literary heroines, and the perfect detail."
Susan Straight, author of Mecca
