Sinéad Moriarty's sixth novel, Pieces of My Heart, is a serious look at a dreadful disease, but it's never a downer because it's filled with Sinéad's trademark warmth, humour and compassion. With her thoughtful and insightful analysis of what anorexia can do to a family, Sinéad brings to Pieces of My Heart many of the qualities of a Jodi Picoult novel, while still managing to balance the darkness with a lightness of touch that compares with the writing of Marian Keyes.
Ava is juggling a life that seems to have too many pieces. First, there are her chalk-and-cheese daughters, Alison the angel and Sarah the tearaway.
Then there's husband Paul. Unfortunately, he seems more interested in work than home - which might explain why her sex life is practically on life support. That certainly can't be said about her Viagra-popping Dad, a loveable rogue who is determined to grow old disgracefully.
She would envy her best friend Sally, sassy single singleton-about-town, if she didn't know that behind her polished exterior Sally is as vulnerable as a kitten.
Somewhere in there is Ava herself, trying to do her best for all of them but lately feeling like she's running on empty. But that's before she notices Alison is in deep trouble. Now she knows there's no such thing as empty - not if she is to hold on to the most precious pieces of her heart ...
Sinéad Moriarty's novels have sold over half a million copies in Ireland and the UK and she is a four times nominee for the popular fiction Irish Book Award. She has won over readers and critics telling stories that are funny, humane, moving and relevant to modern women. Pieces of My Heart is Sinéad at her very best.
Sinéad Moriarty lives with her family in Dublin. Her other titles are: The Baby Trail; A Perfect Match; From Here to Maternity; In My Sister's Shoes; Keeping It In the Family (also titled Whose Life is it Anyway?), Me and My Sisters and This Child of Mine.
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Touching, humorous and a bit of a tear-jerker, this is a brilliant look at family life (Closer)
Makes you really care ... plenty of laughs and more than a bit of substance (Irish Mail on Sunday)
The bewildered parents' attempts to help and understand their troubled daughter are both convincing and moving ... thoughtful and enjoyable (Irish Times)
Moving ... chick lit at its best (Red Magazine)
Not only addictive and sweet but moving, too ... wonderful (Trashionista.com)
A clever blend of the tragic and comic, which is this writer's forte (Irish Independent)
The modern woman is a Jill of all trades . . .
Ava is a wife, lover, mother, daughter, friend, fixer, boss ... so many different people, in fact, she no longer knows what it means to be herself.
Not that anyone will let her - not her work-obsessed husband, nor her tearaway younger daughter, nor her out-of-control Dad, nor even her sassy-but-lonely best friend. There's always someone wanting something from her.She's trying to do her best for all of them but lately feels like she can't make everyone happy. And that's before she discovers that her elder daughter Alison is in deep, deep trouble.
Can Ava keep a hold of the most precious pieces of her heart? And what will happen if she loses one?
Praise for Sinéad Moriarty:
'Marian Keyes has for years ben the undisputed queen ... Sinéad Moriarty is now a worthy competitor' Sunday Independent
'This warm, touching book is truly bittersweet - you will laugh and cry' My Weekly
'Makes you really care ... plenty of laughs and more than a bit of substance' Irish Mail on Sunday
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