The Glass Girl

Spoiler warning: I'll be sharing some quotes and moments from Bella's journey, including from later in the bookI don't think any summary or review could've fully prepared me for this one. Kathleen Glasgow has always written about pain in a way that feels raw and unfiltered ¿ but The Glass Girl went deeper than I expectedBella's narration is sharp and vulnerable all at once. From the very beginning, she puts words to a kind of exhaustion most of us can only feel but never say out loud:"I am the kind of tired that makes your bones feel skeletal and clacky. I am the kind of tired that is cement in your shoes, X-ray vest on your chest, bricks tied to your wrists.¿It's not just tiredness. It's grief. It's pressure. It's the kind of weight that makes everything feel impossible.What makes the story so powerful is how honest it is. Bella isn't written as a stereotype ¿ she's not a "troubled kid¿ or some cautionary tale. She's smart, she gets good grades, she loves her family. And yet, alcohol becomes her escape. Her way of surviving.When she's confronted with rehab, she lashes out in denial:"You want to send me to rehab? No, no. No way. I'm not going to some place for losers and freaks... I get good grades.¿That line hit me so hard, because you can feel her pride clashing with her fear. She doesn't want to be reduced to her worst moments.And yet ¿ tucked between all the pain ¿ there's light. Not a magical fix, not an instant cure, but hope that comes in small, stubborn ways:"I believe if you can walk into the darkness... then you have the strength to walk back out.¿By the end, you don't get a perfect ending. There's no neat closure. But you do get honesty ¿ that recovery is messy, nonlinear, and still worth it. And that sometimes the biggest victory is simply being alive.This book will break your heart, but it also puts a piece of it back together. It shows us that even when we're fragile ¿ like glass ¿ we're still capable of catching the light

Ein Buch, das die Schattenseiten des Lebens ins Auge fasst. Schonungslos und ehrlich, aber gefühlvoll!