The story quickly progresses forward 4 years and she is still in the same situation. This book doesn’t ease you in – right from the first chapter you are faced with the sexual abuse endured by Beth as a 10 year old child and honestly I wan’t sure at first if I could handle the book. I felt for Beth, I loved Ryan, I was drawn into the story, and I couldn’t put it down until I finished reading it at 4:30 AM. It was a captivating, emotional story of a girl healing from shattered trust and childhood abuse, rediscovering her self worth, falling in love, putting back together the pieces of her life and of the boy who helped her find that final piece and brought love, trust and safety back to her life. Its how we put those pieces back together that matters.”

“We are all broken in one way or another. He wants to help her pick up the pieces of her life, but is she willing to do what it takes to become whole again?Ĭan she trust him with a piece of herself? Leaving her old life behind, she sets forth on a pilgrimage that will bring her back to the boy she could never forget. When faced, yet again, with more pieces to pick up, Beth begins to question what her choices have cost her. Years later, another tragedy threatens to shatter the life Beth has carefully crafted. For one incredible summer, Ryan shows Beth what it’s like to act her own age.

In her darkest moments, she meets a boy named Ryan. Surrounded by the comfort and protection of her extended family, Beth embarks on a journey of healing far from the horrors of her home. From the moment a trusted family friend steals her innocence until the moment another rescues her, she struggles to just survive. Life shouldn’t be about picking up the pieces.īeth Bradshaw has spent her life hiding from her tragic past.

The final piece by maggi myers