Handler interviewed people at Grand Central Station in New York City about their experiences with break-ups. This book was promoted on Tumblr at the "Why We Broke Up Project", where people can submit their own break-up stories. Item after item is illustrated, accounted for, and placed in the box to be dumped-like an ex-girlfriend-on his front porch. The box includes two bottle caps, a movie ticket, a lobby ticket, a box of matches, a pinhole camera, a folded note, a rubber band, a high school pennant, a toy truck, a recipe book ( Real Recipes from Tinseltown), Pensieri, a fictional liquor (and Italian for "thoughts"), a protractor, a file, a concert ticket, an egg cuber ("makes a square egg"), a polaroid, a comb from a motel room, a pair of ugly earrings, and several other items collected over the course of their relationship. The letter accompanies a box full of minor objects that narrates the progress of their relationship, and is returned to Ed at the end of the letter. The story takes the form of a letter, with Min writing to Ed explaining why they had broken up. Min Green and Ed Slaterton, a high school junior and senior basketball jock, respectively, ended their relationship, which lasted from October 5 to November 12. Printz Honor and a feature film starring Hailee Steinfeld was in the works, and was meant to be released in early 2014. Why We Broke Up is a novel written by Daniel Handler and illustrated by artist and designer Maira Kalman.
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