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Title: Picking Up The Pieces
Author: Amanda Prowse
My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
My Thoughts:
WOW! I really loved this beautifully written book! This is the first book that I have read by Amanda Prowse and I really felt it on a personal level. Even though my life is quite different from Nora’s I could very much relate to her!
Nora had a rough start to life with bohemian parents that were so in love with each other and thought of her more of a nuisance. She felt unloved and replaced once they had a second child when she was twelve years old. Tragically, her parents died in a car accident soon after her baby sister, Kiki was born. Nora was shipped to a boarding school while Kiki was raised by their grandmother. Life changes for her once she meets her husband, Gordy where she truly feels loved.
Fast forward 18 years, their marriage is rocky. There is no communication, the love for each other has fizzled and she is always irritated with Gordy. When they are in the middle of an argument, he mentions divorce and Nora gets a devastating call that her baby sister has attempted to take her life. Nora has to go take care of her nephew until her sister is released from the hospital while trying to figure out the future of her marriage. Their life is truly changed forever!
What a heart-warming story with realistic characters! I couldn’t put this book down! I think that in today’s society having a mental illness is often shamed and not often talked about openly. I thought it was very powerful that Kiki’s mental illness wasn't kept secret and that her close friends openly discussed it and provided the support that both Kiki & Nora needed. I feel like we need more books with this kind of openness.
Thank you to NetGalley, Amazon Publishing UK and Amanda Prowse for the Advanced Readers copy of this book in exchange for my honest review!