Erika Luna is a thirty-something scientist living and working in Miami. When her husband of seven years; the very successful, very smart, very good-looking, founding partner of one of Miami’s most successful Public Relations firms falls in lust with another woman, their marriage spirals to hell and Erika’s practical nature leads her down the strangest of paths.What’s a scientist to do when slapped with pain so deep it interferes with breathing? Try to cure it, of course! This is the premise of Emmy award-winning writer and producer Anjanette Delgado’s delightfully funny and touchingly poignant debut novel, THE HEARTBREAK PILL (Atria Books; $14.00; April 2008).
Below is an excerpt from an interview Anjanette Delgado did with Mayra Calvani of the Latino Book Examiner on how she came up with the premise.
Mayra Calvani: Your novel, The Heartbreak Pill, has just been released by Atria Books. How did you come up with the idea for this book? It sounds like a riot.
Anjanette Delgado: I worked as a television news producer for almost 10 years. Working for CNN, NBC, Telemundo and Univision… putting together the daily newscasts and special coverages… the results of extreme heartbreak haunted me from the editing room all the way to my bedroom. A good husband commits suicide after a divorce, a dentist runs over her husband 12 times… How could this happen? These had been sane, intelligent, caring people for decades… was heartbreak the cause of such tragedy? That’s when I first became interested, actually obsessed, with heartbreak and its effects.
You can read the interview, in its entirety, at Latino Books Examiner.
We've all had some heartbreak in our lives. Some take it in stride, others have some moments of regret and still others have gone over the edge. Everyone has their story and The Heartbreak Pill is sure to hit the spot for those hearts broken and on the mend.
Anjanette Delgado will be on a virtual book tour on the dates listed below talking about heartbreak and a whole lot more. Be sure to visit these great blogs and say hello. You can pick yourself up a copy of The Heartbreak Pill (or one on for your friends or family) at Amazon.
Nov 10
Lara Rios
Julia Amante
Nov 11
Anna Rodriguez
The Sol Within
Nov 12
Mayra Calvani
Latino Book Examiner
Nov 13
Teri
Behind Brown Eyes
Nov 16
Misa Ramirez
Chasing Heroes
Nov 17
Nilki Benitez
Nov 18
Monie Garcia
Reading With Monie
Nov 19
Vanessa Torres
That Happened to me
Nov 20
Icess Fernandez
Writing to Insanity
