Girl in Pieces Synopsis
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
"A haunting, beautiful, and necessary book."-Nicola Yoon, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything
Charlotte Davis is in pieces. At seventeen she's already lost more than most people do in a lifetime. But she's learned how to forget. The broken glass washes away the sorrow until there is nothing but calm. You don't have to think about your father and the river. Your best friend, who is gone forever. Or your mother, who has nothing left to give you.
Every new scar hardens Charlie's heart just a little more, yet it still hurts so much. It hurts enough to not care anymore, which is sometimes what has to happen before you can find your way back from the edge.
A deeply moving portrait of a girl in a world that owes her nothing, and has taken so much, and the journey she undergoes to put herself back together. Kathleen Glasgow's debut is heartbreakingly real and unflinchingly honest. It's a story you won't be able to look away from.
And don't miss Kathleen Glasgow's novels You'd Be Home Now and How to Make Friends with the Dark, both raw and powerful stories of life.
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9781101934746 |
| Publication date: |
10th April 2018 |
| Author: |
Kathleen Glasgow |
| Publisher: |
Ember an imprint of Random House Children's Books |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
448 pages |
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Kathleen Glasgow Press Reviews
'Glasgow's poetic writing brings Charlie's mind to life as she tries to find a path to recovery.' - Independent
'Girl, Interrupted meets Speak.' - Refinery29
'Vivid...a difficult, challenging, but important read.' - The School Librarian
'Intimate and gritty...Glasgow mines the darkness and, ultimately, offers the glimmer of recovery'. - Irish Times
'This sharp and beautiful portrait of seventeen-year-old Charlie Davis illuminates not only the anxiety of youth but the vulnerability and terror of life in general... Girl in Pieces hurts my heart in the best way possible.' - Amanda Coplin, author of the New York Times bestseller, The Orchardist
'A haunting, beautiful and necessary book' - Nicola Yoon, author of Everything, Everything
'A treasure of a novel.' - Swati Avasthi, author of Split and Chasing Shadows
'Vivid, devastating and beautifully written.' - Julie Schumacher, author of Black Box and NYT bestseller Dear Committee Members
About Kathleen Glasgow
Kathleen Glasgow lives in Tucson, Arizona. She wrote the majority of this book during arts fellowships and in all it took her eight years to complete. It is a powerful and personal novel which addresses the important theme of teen depression and making a life for yourself.
You can find her on Instagram as @misskathleenglasgow
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