GIRL IN PIECES by Kathleen Glasgow!

GIRL IN PIECES

Author: Kathleen Glasgow
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Publication Date: August 30, 2016

Summary:
Charlotte Davis is in pieces. At seventeen she’s already lost more than most people lose in a lifetime. But she’s learned how to forget. The thick glass of a mason jar cuts deep, and the pain 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.

“Building Believability”

There are a lot of subjects bobbling around the world of Girl in Pieces, my young adult debut novel: homelessness, adolescent depression, addiction, body image. When you craft a contemporary realistic novel, there’s a certain amount of research, or perhaps just investigation, that needs to be done in order to make the story and characters, well, believable. But you also have to remember that adolescents, just like adults, have flaws. And sometimes those flaws are what make a book believable.