Our Broken Pieces

Author: Sarah White Publisher: HarperTeen ISBN: 9780062473134

WHEN Everly Morgan discovers that her boyfriend is smooching her best friend, her world collapses around her.

She thought she had the perfect high school romance. But now, there’s nothing she wants more than to avoid them. Every glimpse of them together in the school hallways causes her heart to break a little more.

In therapy for panic attacks caused by the sight of them or events concerning them, Everly is not ready for any socialising, especially the upcoming prom night, let alone a new relationship.

But she can’t deny the connection she feels upon meeting Gabe in her therapist’s waiting room.

The two starts up a tentative friendship that qu ick ly blossoms.

Gabe is grappling with major issues of his own at home, and seems to understand Everly like nobody else does, including her supportive parents and younger sister.

But sharing many same interests and having an obvious spark between them doesn’t mean they both want something more than friendship. Or do they?

Be ing dumped, or betrayed by people close to you, is all part of life, and if you are having such troubles, there is no need to rush into therapy. Just read Our Broken Pieces.

Author White has a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s degree in counselling, and in this book, she guides Everly – and any reader – through heartbreak and betrayal.

You read, you cry and you heal. Good work.