num_pages: 288
description: To escape the stress from her all-consuming job as an accountant, Caroline Collier joins her overbearing mother at the family's vacation home in the mountains of North Carolina. But the serene beauty of Lake Ophelia cannot heal Caroline's heart, which is still broken by the loss of her younger brother, who died when she was seventeen. And the tension between her and her mother still simmers. Only their neighbors, the husband and daughter of one of Caroline's childhood friends, seem able to penetrate her cool reserve, giving Caroline the courage to face her biggest fears-and dive headfirst into life.
language: English
title: Pieces of the Heart
titlecomplete: Pieces of the Heart
genres: Fiction, Inspirational, Mystery, Romance, Chick Lit, Contemporary, Adult Fiction, Southern, Contemporary Romance, Womens Fiction
ratings_count: 2887
places: North Carolina
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: HOLT Medallion by Virginia Romance Writers
category: Southern Theme & Nominee for Mainstream/Single Title
publisher: Berkley Books