Gone to Pieces by Rachel Cosyns
'Gone to Pieces deserves to become a modern classic' My Weekly
To Do:
- Learn to drive on motorways.
- Use above skill to run away to France.
- Begin new life in France under assumed name.
Rebecca is a wife, mother and the author of an unmanageable number of to do lists.
Her attempts to coerce her life into something she has any hope of controlling are failing. Her family cant manage without her but shes starting to think they should. So she makes a decision. Only it doesnt quite go to plan.
Rebecca finds herself in therapy with a doctor poking around in her brain, asking questions about her childhood. She wants to get better but that means telling someone how she feels. How she really feels.
Shes gone to pieces. Can she put herself back together?
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What readers are saying about Gone to Pieces:
What made Gone to Pieces special for me as a reader, was the choice of protagonist middle-aged wife and mother, Rebecca proving that women over 50 are the ones who often have the most complex stories
This was a really unusual read but loved it Thoroughly enjoyable and unique book
I loved that its based on a middle-aged woman struggling with her mental health as I dont think this is covered often. I found Rebecca to be a really likable character and I was really rooting for her the whole way through.