{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fami-audiobook-review.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fthe-attraction-to-heartbreak-19X6uJJi","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"The Attraction to Heartbreak","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/a94a68aa-8f13-4bd9-a8f5-692ec013d78a/4ffd58e0-05f8-49af-a772-367f70650e87/abc_1400x1400.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/84228416-92bd-44ff-8fa0-dcc482499b21\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"The Attraction to Heartbreak\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Host Jacob Shymanski and guest Red Széll ask the question: why do readers enjoy heartbreaking stories?\nThey share their thoughts on how sad fiction helps build empathy and why the most powerful tragedies reflect the complexity of real life. \nBooks mentioned in this episode include: \nErich Maria Remarque’s “All Quiet on the Western Front” \nAmor Towles’ “A Gentleman in Moscow” \nÉric Chacour’s “What I Know About You” \nErich Segal’s “Love Story” \nJohn Green’s “The Fault in Our Stars” \nJohn Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men”, “The Grapes of Wrath” and East of Eden” \nPatrick Ness and Siobhan Dowd’s  “A Monster Calls” \nChinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart” \nThis episode was produced by Andrika De Lanerolle. \n"}