 Three years. Twelve months. A timeless grief. After losing her beloved sister three years ago, Savannah Litchfield has been living half a life. Now seventeen―the age Poppy died―the pain of losing her is worse than ever. When Savannah's therapist suggests a trip around the world to help teens stricken by loss, she reluctantly agrees to it, clutching the unread journal Poppy left her as she goes. Cael Woods is angry. One year after losing his older brother―the person who meant the world to him―his life has spiraled into a heady void of nothing. Once the most promising hockey player in the junior league, Cael can no longer step onto the ice without being paralyzed by memories of his brother. When his parents sign him up for a trip abroad for grieving teens, no part of him wants to go―but he does. As Cael and Savannah embark on a journey of healing, they learn to find solace together, discovering a glimmer of light only the other can bring. And the harder they fall, the more they heal the fractured fragments of their hearts, piece by broken piece. 5 Heart Review by Ashley I knew A Thousand Broken Pieces was going to slay me. But goodness me, my heart wasn't ready. This journey wasn't easy to get through and at times I had to walk away because my heart was so heavy but that's the thing with loss, once it hits you, it's yours. Oh Savanna. The quiet girl that was just so lost in her grief. Stuck in a loop of anxiety and feeling lost without Poppy. Forced to go on a trip to face her pain. Never expecting the tattoos and anger of Cael. That boy and what he endured. My chest physically hurt as he laid it all out. The guilt. The shame. The questions he'd never have answered...But at his side with a gentle squeeze was Savanna. Her steadfast belief that he was more than his anger and pain was just the push he needed to want to get to the other side. There was so much work to be done. Hats off to Tillie Cole for making me cry more than I ever have while reading with her honest dive into grief and the hold it has on you. For showing the beauty and tradition of how different cultures face loss. For shining light into the void that can seem so bottomless. For giving Savanna and Cael a love that was strong enough to withstand the hardest moments. A love that gave them the courage to heal, chase their dreams and find the beauty of the stars. About the Author Tillie Cole hails from a small town in the North-East of England. She grew up on a farm with her English mother, Scottish father and older sister and a multitude of rescue animals. As soon as she could, Tillie left her rural roots for the bright lights of the big city.
After graduating from Newcastle University with a BA Hons in Religious Studies, Tillie followed her Professional Rugby player husband around the world for a decade, becoming a teacher in between and thoroughly enjoyed teaching High School students Social Studies before putting pen to paper, and finishing her first novel. After several years living in Italy, Canada and the USA, Tillie has now settled back in her hometown in England, with her husband and new son. Tillie is both an independent and traditionally published author, and writes many genres including: Contemporary Romance, Dark Romance, Young Adult and New Adult novels. When she is not writing, Tillie enjoys nothing more than spending time with her little family, curling up on her couch watching movies, drinking far too much coffee, and convincing herself that she really doesn't need that last square of chocolate. AUTHOR LINKS Website: www.tilliecole.com Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7074846.Tillie_Cole Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Tillie-Cole/author/B00COA8WSQ Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/tillie-cole Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/tilliecoleauthor Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tilliecole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/authortilliecole X/Twitter: https://x.com/tillie_cole TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@authortilliecole
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