Girl in Pieces
Books | Young Adult Fiction / Girls & Women
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Kathleen Glasgow
Fans of Girl, Interrupted, Thirteen Reasons Why, and All the Bright Places will love this New York Times bestseller. A haunting, beautiful, and necessary book that will stay with you long after you've read the last page.--Nicola Yoon, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything and The Sun Is Also a Star 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. "Girl, Interrupted meets Speak."--Refinery29 "A dark yet powerful read."--Paste Magazine "One of the most affecting novels we have read."--Goop "Breathtaking and beautifully written."--Bustle "Intimate and gritty."--The Irish Times And don't miss Kathleen Glasgow's newest novel How to Make Friends with the Dark, which Karen M. McManus, the New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying, calls rare and powerful.
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Author
Kathleen Glasgow
Pages
420
Publisher
Perfection Learning Corporation
Published Date
2018-04-10
ISBN
1663607834 9781663607836
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"This novel really spoke to me and I really enjoyed reading it. Charlie Davis was a girl who self-loathed, self-harmed, was addicted to drugs and alcohol and she didn’t feel loved by her mother. So she decided to rebel against life and do whatever the hell she wanted feeling alone and scared. She tried to make the pain go away by doing those things. This storyline was an emotional rollercoaster and I felt almost everything Charlie felt. I definitely related to her in some aspects and I hurt inside for her. I wish I could talk to her and say she isn’t alone and we could be friends. I hope that she gets what she wants out of life and moves away from addiction and cutting and wanting to just love, have adventure and be free with her art. I am also glad Riley gets help and tells her the truth about how he felt when he was with her. I secretly wish they ended up together but I think ultimately keeping them separated and moving on with their lives was for the best and their best interests at heart. I kind of wish there was a little bit more detail about their sex life to give the book a little bit of spice but I understand ultimately it was more about explaining a message to the readers about something more important. I am also glad she and Mikey talked at the end of the book and she found out that Ellis was okay as well as concluding her feelings for Mikey and that chapter of her life with him. I think it was a good idea to know that Charlie had that time to make peace with her past so that it would be a little bit easier to move on to the next chapter of her life. I think the elder man, Felix will get her on track for the rest of her life. As for Blue I hope they keep in touch but maybe they need to stay apart to so that they don’t tempt each other with old habits. I believe they should find new friends and new beginnings.
*Note* that Kathleen’s author notes at the end of the book says it all. That was the end all be all and explained the importance of self-harm and wha"
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Shelby Beach
"this book made me relapse, but i still loved it all the same. words cannot define how amazing this book was. 🫶🏻"
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Leah Emery
"This is one of the most amazingly heartbreaking books I’ve ever read. It talked about mental health in a real way, without making it sound fake or overly dramatic. From someone who has struggled with a lot of the things mentioned in this book, it is amazing representation and I would recommend this book to anybody!"