Pieces of My Heart - Softcover

Moriarty, Sinead

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0241967406 ISBN 13: 9780241967409

Publisher: Penguin Ireland, 2013

Synopsis

Sinéad Moriarty's sixth novel, Pieces of My Heart, is a serious look at a dreadful disease, but it's never a downer because it's filled with Sinéad's trademark warmth, humour and compassion. With her thoughtful and insightful analysis of what anorexia can do to a family, Sinéad brings to Pieces of My Heart many of the qualities of a Jodi Picoult novel, while still managing to balance the darkness with a lightness of touch that compares with the writing of Marian Keyes. Ava is juggling a life that seems to have too many pieces. First, there are her chalk-and-cheese daughters, Alison the angel and Sarah the tearaway. Then there's husband Paul. Unfortunately, he seems more interested in work than home - which might explain why her sex life is practically on life support. That certainly can't be said about her Viagra-popping Dad, a loveable rogue who is determined to grow old disgracefully. She would envy her best friend Sally, sassy single singleton-about-town, if she didn't know that behind her polished exterior Sally is as vulnerable as a kitten. Somewhere in there is Ava herself, trying to do her best for all of them but lately feeling like she's running on empty. But that's before she notices Alison is in deep trouble. Now she knows there's no such thing as empty - not if she is to hold on to the most precious pieces of her heart ...

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About the Author

Sinéad Moriarty's novels have sold over 700,000 copies in Ireland and the UK. She has won over readers and critics by telling stories that are humane, moving and relevant to modern women. In 2015 she won the Irish Book Award for Popular Fiction. She lives in her native Dublin with her husband and their three children. Our Secrets and Lies is her thirteenth novel.

Review

Touching, humorous and a bit of a tear-jerker, this is a brilliant look at family life * Closer * Makes you really care ... plenty of laughs and more than a bit of substance * Irish Mail on Sunday * The bewildered parents' attempts to help and understand their troubled daughter are both convincing and moving ... thoughtful and enjoyable * Irish Times * Moving ... chick lit at its best * Red Magazine * Not only addictive and sweet but moving, too ... wonderful * Trashionista.com * A clever blend of the tragic and comic, which is this writer's forte * Irish Independent *

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Ireland
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0241967406
• ISBN 13: 9780241967409
• Binding: Paperback