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Girl in Pieces

By: Kathleen Glasgow
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
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A Barnes and Noble "Best Young Adult Books of 2016". |A New York Public Library "Best Books for Teens in 2016". An Amazon "Best YA Books of 2016".

A heartbreaking, triumphant, funny, and hopeful story of one girl's battle with self-harm.

Charlie Davis is in pieces. At 17, she’s already lost more than most people lose in a lifetime. But she’s learned how to forget it through cutting; the pain washes out the sorrow, until there is nothing but calm. She doesn't have to think about her father, or what happened under the bridge. Her best friend, Ellis, who is gone forever. Or the mother who has nothing left to give her. Kicked out of a special treatment center when her insurance runs out, Charlie finds herself in the bright and wild landscape of Tucson, Arizona, where she begins the unthinkable: The long journey of putting herself back together.

Kathleen Glasgow is also the author of How to Make Friends with the Dark, and You'd Be Home Now.

©2016 Oneworld Publications (P)2022 Oneworld Publications Depression Depression & Mental Health Difficult Situations Literature & Fiction Suicide Funny Mental Health

Critic reviews

"A haunting, beautiful, and necessary book." (Nicola Yoon, author of Everything, Everything)
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Such a good book made me cry for all the good reasons, the book is very sad but somehow comforting

Amazing

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This book made me feel all the feelings that Charlie was going through, understanding her traumas and her story. Such a good book honestly and I would highly recommend it to anyone struggling with mental health issues or lost anyone to mental health issues.

Such a strong book and relatable

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i sobbed so much that it isn't even normal. this book has changed my preconceptions on life.

oh my god

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I love the raw emotion in every page of this book. it gives you a real insight to how Charlie and other characters feel. an incredibly well written book and the narrator does a great job too.

A real tear jerker

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Harrowing, disturbing but painfully beautiful journey into the mind and life of a young girl processing her own damage and that of the characters she encounters and has to deal with. in spite of everything it is also a story of clinging on to the threads of hope that life can also bring. Highly recommended.

Painfully beautiful

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