I had that feeling you have when you're watching a sad movie, sobbing at the heartbreak you are feeling at the same time that you know the heartbreak isn't exactly real, that it will be gone by the time you get home and make a cup of tea. I found a lot of life like that when I was younger, as though I was practicing for what came later.
Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake: A Memoir of a Woman's Life (ed. Random House, 2012) - ISBN: 9780679604006