Gone to Pieces

Name: Gone to Pieces
Brand: Harper UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Rachel Cosyns
ISBN: 9780008550905

Author: Rachel Cosyns

Narrator: Clare Corbett

Unabridged: 9 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HQ

Published: 05/09/2024

Categories: Fiction, Women, Family Life, Humorous Fiction, Psychological, Coming Of Age

Synopsis

'Fans of Meg Mason's will find this bittersweet tale right up their street' To Do: Her attempts to coerce her life into something she has any hope of controlling are failing. Her family can’t manage without her but she’s starting to think they should. So she makes a decision. Only it doesn’t quite go to plan. Rebecca finds herself in therapy with a doctor poking around in her brain, asking questions about her childhood. She wants to get better but that means telling someone how she feels. How she feels. She’s gone to pieces. Can she put herself back together? 'A moving, honest and raw debut that many women will relate to' 'Funny, moving and uplifting' 'Gone to Pieces My Weekly ** What readers are saying about : 'A modern-day ' ‘What made special for me as a reader, was the choice of protagonist – middle-aged wife and mother, Rebecca … proving that women over 50 are the ones who often have the most complex stories’ ‘This was a really unusual read but loved it … Thoroughly enjoyable and unique book’ ‘I loved that it’s based on a middle-aged woman struggling with her mental health as I don’t think this is covered often. I found Rebecca to be a really likable character and I was really rooting for her the whole way through.’ Learn to drive on motorways. Use above skill to run away to France. Begin new life in France under assumed name.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Aoife on June 03, 2024

I was drawn to this book by the tagline comparing it to Sorrow and Bliss and Fleabag. I’m afraid it didn’t live up to its billing. This novel about a mentally ill woman (Rebecca) and her attempt to get better with the help (questionable at times?) of her psychiatrist Titus was a slog to get through,......more

Goodreads review by Derval on April 13, 2025

2.5 maybe?! This was long and dull, I really struggled to keep going with it. Rebecca was irritating and her doctor seemed unprofessional. The story within a story conceit got boring very quickly and there was so much of Rebecca's childhood, most of it largely unconnected to what ultimately happened......more

Goodreads review by Sally on March 09, 2024

Gone to Pieces centres around middle aged woman and the conversations with her psychiatrist Titus (in person and via email) as she suffers a mental health crisis. I liked the way that the chapters were titled "Piece 1", "Piece 2" and so one, as she gradually pieves together events from her past that......more

Goodreads review by Ayoola on April 03, 2025

Gone to Pieces is an emotionally raw and heartfelt exploration of mental health, identity, and the complexities of being a woman over 50. Rebecca's journey from trying to control her chaotic life to unraveling it in therapy is nothing short of moving. I found myself rooting for her every step of the......more

Goodreads review by Clarissa Edwards on August 06, 2024

After a recommendation I was disappointed by this book. It didn't seem to go anywhere, apart from capture some of the disjointedness one may feel with mental health conditions. The pseudo-story written within the story was grating (and by the third story I was ready to throw the book down - this was......more