Review: Snif, snif, snif
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 26, 2014
Broken Image by Rene SchultzA heartbreaking story of the fragility of the human psyche and how much of our psyche is connected to our self esteem. It never ceases to amaze me that people get to a certain age and assume that their self esteem is set and established, never putting that bad hair day, that today-my-blue-jeans-that-looked-stunning-yesterday-does-not-fit days is a temporary dip in one's self esteem and a severe one, usually lasting only one day, one morning, one fitting.When it gets to be a regular occurrence, when it becomes a lifestyle we fall depressed.  And well we should.  In Broken Image the reader meets Mercedes' who had her entire self image shattered by a mother who knew nothing of child rearing and tried to hurtMercedes by constantly breaking down herself image and thus her self esteem.The book is shatteringly sad as the reader goes through the motions of Mercedes to build up herself image from shattered pieces.  As her friends lead her into a road they travel to better, not to start from.  In this, they do more damage than good.  The pace is fast without skimming over details of emotion, growth and pain.  A must read for all.Rene Schultz is fast becoming my go to author for contemporary woman's fiction.  This is a woman who writes strong characters not as perceived by men, but with the strength of a woman who changes the world by being herself to the best degree she knows how.WaAr