Girl in pieces
Glasgow, Kathleen, 1969-2016
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A heartbreaking, funny and hopeful novel about one girl's battle with self-harm. Charlie Davies is a 17-year-old girl who has learnt to deal with the pain in her life by cutting herself, but can she put herself back together? `A haunting, beautiful and necessary book' Nicola Yoon, author of Everything, Everything A Barnes & 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 seventeen,she's already lost more than most people lose in a lifetime. But she's learned how to forget it through cutting; the painwashes out the sorrow until there is nothing but calm. Shedoesn'thave to think about herfather or what happened under thebridge. Herbest friend, Ellis, who is gone forever. Or themother who has nothingleft to give her. Kicked out of a special treatment center when her insurance runs out, Charlie finds herself in the bright and wildlandscape of Tucson, Arizona, where she begins the unthinkable: the long journey of putting herself back together. Kathleen Glasgow is also the author ofHow to Make Friends with the Darkand You'd be Home Now
Main title:
Girl in pieces / Kathleen Glasgow.
Author:
Glasgow, Kathleen, 1969-, author
Imprint:
London : Rock the Boat, 2016.
Collation:
404 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781780749457 (pbk)9781786071392 (ebook)
Dewey class:
813.6
Language:
English
Subject:
Young adult fictionOlder Teenage FictionGeneral StoriesChildren's / Teenage fiction & true storiesCoping with anxiety & phobiasChildren's / Teenage fiction: General fictionChildren's / Teenage fiction: Family & home storiesChildren's / Teenage: Personal & social issuesChildren's / Teenage personal & social issues: Body & healthChildren's / Teenage personal & social issues: Family issues
BRN:
1255562
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