Alexandra Appelqvist

Handbook for singles Alexandra Appelqvist

When Filippa’s long relationship collapses she finds herself standing in the wreckage. Armed with loyal friends, questionable coping strategies, and a fierce determination to start over. Thrown into Stockholm’s wild world of modern dating, Filippa navigates loneliness, anxiety, bad decisions and unexpected triumphs, one glass of wine at a time. But is heartbreak really the biggest threat to happiness—or the filtered Instagram dream of the perfect life?

The Handbook for Singles on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown is a warm, wickedly funny feel-good novel about courage, friendship, and finding the extraordinary in the ordinary. For anyone who’s ever had to say goodbye to their old life—and survive.