Tiny Pieces of Us
Nicky Pellegrino
Reviewed by Helen
This is a lovely story, beautifully and so thoughtfully written, it delves into the lives of transplant recipients and that of the donor family the start is heart-breaking but as you read you see what that tragedy made happen for other ill people.
We meet Vivi Palmer journalist living in London, she is still living and doing really well thanks to a heart transplant seven years before but when Vivi meets her donor’s mother Grace and Grace wants to meet all of the recipients who received organs from her son, she asks Vivi to help, Grace has been struggling for a while and is hoping that this will help, so Vivi takes on the task through the newspaper where she works.
Vivi tracks down some of the recipients, Tommy, Fiona, Stefano and Emerald and although she has a beautiful family of her own as she gets to know them it isn’t long before she sees these people as family as well her transplant twins and together a bond forms with Grace.
My heart went out to Grace her story is heart breaking but she can see what she and her son have done for all of these people and she finds a new family and some happiness along the way, there are some very teary moments throughout this story but there is also lots of reasons to smile.
This is a fabulously researched story one that was filled with emotion and feelings as we get to know Vivi, Grace and the other characters for there are a few that add so much to the story, I do recommend this one very much it certainly opens up a lot about organ donation and the people who benefit, a very poignant and touching story.
My thanks to Hachette for my copy to read and review.
We meet Vivi Palmer journalist living in London, she is still living and doing really well thanks to a heart transplant seven years before but when Vivi meets her donor’s mother Grace and Grace wants to meet all of the recipients who received organs from her son, she asks Vivi to help, Grace has been struggling for a while and is hoping that this will help, so Vivi takes on the task through the newspaper where she works.
Vivi tracks down some of the recipients, Tommy, Fiona, Stefano and Emerald and although she has a beautiful family of her own as she gets to know them it isn’t long before she sees these people as family as well her transplant twins and together a bond forms with Grace.
My heart went out to Grace her story is heart breaking but she can see what she and her son have done for all of these people and she finds a new family and some happiness along the way, there are some very teary moments throughout this story but there is also lots of reasons to smile.
This is a fabulously researched story one that was filled with emotion and feelings as we get to know Vivi, Grace and the other characters for there are a few that add so much to the story, I do recommend this one very much it certainly opens up a lot about organ donation and the people who benefit, a very poignant and touching story.
My thanks to Hachette for my copy to read and review.
4 stars
Published June 30th 2020 (Hachette AUS)
