“Getting Over It” is a deeply personal introspective dive into a one-year relationship with a man who was already engaged. This man entered Amanda’s life unexpectedly at a time when she needed him. What happened afterward was a series of bizarre interactions that culminated in sincere love that eventually led to heartbreak.

This story is not meant to be a treatise of everything he did wrong but rather, a reflective look at the decisions Amanda made and the realization that everything that happened was meant to happen.

God moves us in different ways. Though he doesn’t command our actions and offers us free will, the things he allows to happen in our lives are meant to shape us and give us a better life than that which we could plan or attempt to orchestrate on our own.

Though Amanda felt a profound loss of this man in her life that still reverberates today, the lesson that was revealed through this traumatic experience became an important one that would better guide Amanda’s life.

Not every person will be interested in reading how a practicing Catholic could possibly fathom interrupting an established union between two people, but one thing is for certain: any person who takes a chance on Amanda M. Socci by reading “Getting Over It” will walk away with a unique aftermath of emotional tsunamis that run the gammut from funny, angry, confused, lucid, pensive, and satisfying.

This book is no hotdog that has been sitting for hours rolling around on a dirty rack at 7-11. It is the prized bird’s nest soup — the complete experience that will satisfy the palate of the mind and want it begging for more.