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Broken Is Beautiful

By: Jane Shearer
Narrated by: Elisabeth Easther
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Summary

How do you mend the broken, be it toasters, relationships, or people? Julia once re-created broken objects to be better than before. However, a series of earthquakes triggered Julia’s descent into apathy and now she’s lost the will to repair anything, including herself. She’s going to a support group for help–Obsessives Associated. Each member has their own obsession to overcome–eating plasterboard, amassing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, brand-name tattoos. Finding a friend in Lynda, a doll-obsessed marathon runner, Julia feels as though she's finally on the mend until a dilemma fragments the group and threatens to break Julia all over again. Which glue repairs fractured humans?

Broken Is Beautiful is a novel about breaking, mending, and how to be friends across ideological divides.
©2022 Jane Shearer (P)2023 Jane Shearer
Women's Fiction
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A lovely listen!

Engaging story about lockdown, highlighting the highs and lows of personal experiences and struggles . loved it

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