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Violence
A lot
Strong; self-harm depicted in detail; violence in the protagonist's past; a sexual assault; rough conditions of being young and unhoused
Language
A lot
Strong; the language of trauma, poverty, and adolescence; profanity throughout
Sexual Content
Some
Moderate; a sexual assault in the protagonist's history; an exploitative older boyfriend
Substance Use
A lot
Strong; substance use as coping mechanism; alcohol and drug use throughout
Emotional Intensity
Very heavy
Very strong; the interior experience of self-harm and the gradual building of reasons not to; poverty's psychological weight; what healing looks like when you've learned to hurt yourself instead of asking for help
What this book is about
Kathleen Glasgow's Girl in Pieces follows seventeen-year-old Charlie Davis — a girl from a broken home who has been self-harming for years — as she enters residential treatment and then tries to build something like a life. Glasgow writes from inside her protagonist's experience without flinching; the novel is explicit about self-harm, sexual assault, and substance use. It is also a story about art, the texture of poverty, and what it means to survive long enough to want to.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Self-harm depicted explicitly
Sexual assault
Substance abuse
Poverty and homelessness
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