Kathleen Glasgow lives in Tucson, Arizona. She wrote the majority of this book during arts fellowships and in all it took her eight years to complete. It is a powerful and personal novel which addresses the important theme of teen depression and making a life for yourself. Kathleen is also the author of the novels How to Make Friends with the Dark and forthcoming in 2021 You'd be Home Now. You can find her on Twitter @kathglasgow, on Instagram as @misskathleenglasgow or on her website kathleenglasgowbooks.com.
'Glasgow's poetic writing brings Charlie's mind to life as she tries to find a path to recovery.'
* Independent *'Girl, Interrupted meets Speak.'
* Refinery29 *'Vivid...a difficult, challenging, but important read.'
* The School Librarian *'Intimate and gritty...Glasgow mines the darkness and, ultimately, offers the glimmer of recovery'.
* Irish Times *'This sharp and beautiful portrait of seventeen-year-old Charlie Davis illuminates not only the anxiety of youth but the vulnerability and terror of life in general... Girl in Pieces hurts my heart in the best way possible.'
* Amanda Coplin, author of the New York Times bestseller, The Orchardist *'A haunting, beautiful and necessary book'
* Nicola Yoon, author of Everything, Everything *'A treasure of a novel.'
* Swati Avasthi, author of Split and Chasing Shadows *'Vivid, devastating and beautifully written.'
* Julie Schumacher, author of Black Box and NYT bestseller Dear Committee Members *![]() |
Ask a Question About this Product More... |
![]() |