Review: Beautifully written
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 18, 2013
I was given a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.How do you move on - knowing you are broken?Knowing that everything you were has been irrevocably changed.Delaney doesn't have the answer but she has pinned all of her hope on moving 3000 miles away from home. If she can just put physical distance between the trauma of her past and her future....well, she might just have a chance at happiness.This isn't a story about a girl who is trying to reinvent herself. Delaney isn't trying to be someone she is not. She is just trying to find a way to repair herself. She really doesn't have any expectations out of life other than to hope for just a sliver of happiness. Just as Delaney begins to find her inner strength and push herself in the right direction, she meets Cole.I loved reading how Delaney feels when she is around Cole. At the beginning of the book, Delaney's outlook for herself is quite bleak. Just meeting Cole is like a shock to her system that she never expected. I do believe that we need certain people to enter our lives (usually when we least expect it) and teach us things about ourselves, both good and bad. It is just one of those right time, right place scenarios. Cole is certainly that person for Delaney. Understandably, Delaney is reluctant to risk the fragile pieces of the life she is only just beginning to live.This book has the right blend of emotion and drama. It kept me engaged throughout. There were some beautiful and poetic passages in this book."...you carefully gather the pieces of yourself. You collect them together in your mind. The old pieces, the new pieces, the ones that are too shattered for you to tell what they are. You collect the, all and hold them close.You will need these pieces one day. "I really enjoyed reading Pieces Of Me and will certainly be looking to read more from Ann Garner in the future.