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Broken Pieces

by Rachel Thompson · 2012

Memoir of Abuse seriesNext:Broken Places: A Memoir of Abuse(2015) →

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Not easy subjects — love, loss, sexual abuse, date rape, grief — but real ones, told in pieces (thus the title). Broken Pieces is a work of non-fiction.

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Poetry, prose, and essays to let you into one woman's life — a searingly raw examination of topics most people avoid.

Already a #1 best seller on Amazon (eBooks) on Women's Poetry and Abuse, this book is recommended for mature audiences only.

Subject
biography
Themes
abusewomen
Setting
21st century
Audience
adult
Length
short · 116 pages
Form
poetryessays

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