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#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…
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2 authors picked Girl in Pieces as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Dark and heavy read but so well done.
Girl in Pieces is such an important story for anyone who has gone through any addiction or trauma of any kind before.
Charlotte, the protagonist, is in pieces. At seventeen she’s lost more than most people lose in a lifetime and she’s learned how to forget her trauma in order to protect herself. This is a book about Charlotte surviving in a world that has taken so much, and the journey she undergoes to put herself back together.
Although this book tells a story of people being cruel to themselves, it is ultimately a book about learning how to be…
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