Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow
It's the story that breaks you a little and stays in your heart forever.
Charlotte's life is a difficult one. She found herself in the mental hospital, too hurt to even talk. She has cuts all over her arms and legs, but the ones that hurt the most are not visible.
Growing up wasn't easy, it got harder after her dad died and her mom turned into someone much worse than before. She spent a lot of time with friends, doing stuff she wasn't supposed to, and relieved her pain with cutting.
She ended up on the streets and it just got harder from there.
Recovery is hard, but the hardest part comes after, learning how to live in a world that hurts you.
Her mom won't take her and she ends up in Arizona, gets a job as a dishwasher, and starts to build her life... but then she falls in love. It's not the good kind of love and she ends up hurt again.
It's a story of a broken girl, who has a hard time living in this world, and who gets beaten down again and again... but it's also a story of resilience, of getting up and picking yourself up again and again. Of recovering, but having setbacks, of looking for love in the wrong places, and in the end finding your place in the world.
It's not an easy read and the story doesn't shield away from the hard topics. Charlie doesn't always make good decisions, but there is something about her, that makes you want to root for her and feel for her.
I love this book so much. It broke me, it made me cry, I was frustrated with the characters a million times, but there is something about it... I couldn't stop reading. It's so good!
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