Nicole Baart is the author of eleven novels, including Everything We Didn’t Say and The Long Way Back. The cofounder of a nonprofit and mother of five, she lives in Iowa with her family. Learn more at NicoleBaart.com.
"Sweet, scary and sometimes sordid, Little Broken
Things is filled with determined women tenacious in their love
for a girl whose childhood has been anything but easy."
*Shelf Awareness*
"Mesmerizing...an accomplished exploration of the fragile bonds of
a family as they attempt to overcome obstacles they never saw
coming.
*Publishers Weekly*
"Baart’s novel of familial ties, betrayals, and longoverdue
confrontations ventures into the territory of Paula Hawkins, Mary
Kubica, and Kimberly Belle. Baart’s pacing keeps the novel driving
forward, while a core group of narrators offers different
perspectives on the murky facts of Lucy’s upbringing. Full of
twists and turns, this is a great addition to the recent surge in
suspenseful domestic fiction."
*Booklist*
"Part psychological thriller, part women’s fiction, Baart’s latest
novel is wholly compelling. Told from the perspectives of
three complex women (a mother and her two adult daughters) over the
course of four emotional days...Questions abound and, in true
thriller fashion, answers are doled out on a need-to-know basis,
keeping the tension high from beginning to end. Baart’s smartly
exquisite prose and her setting of a scene, not so much physically
as mentally, allows readers to relate personally to these three
women and to embrace the little girl in their care. The intricacies
of family relationships, love and friendship are all skillfully
explored, layered in all the right places and captivating in its
entirety."
*Romantic Times*
"Richly atmospheric and featuring a compelling cast of sharply
drawn female characters, Little Broken Things is both a
page-turner and a thoughtful examination of what it means to mother
and be mothered, in all its most real and varied forms."
*Kimberly McCreight, New York Times bestselling author of
Reconstructing Amelia and Where They Found Her*
"Beautifully layered...gives readers everything they could possible
want in a novel - vivid, engaging characters, a town filled with
dark secrets, a mind-twisting mystery and the ferocious power of a
mother's love. Original and gripping, Little Broken Things is a
stunner that will linger with you long after the final page is
turned."
*Heather Gudenkauf, New York Times bestselling author of The Weight
of Silence and Not A Sound*
“If you liked Big Little Lies, you’ll want to crack open this new
novel by Nicole Baart, which will be released in November—just in
time for your Thanksgiving holiday reading. This novel will engross
you in the suspenseful story of Quinn Cruz; her estranged and
troubled sister, Nora; and a mysterious little girl named Lucy who
shows up on her doorstep.”
*Southern Living*
"Nicole Baart weaves exquisite writing with unstoppable drama in
this tale of family schisms and secrets on a collision course with
life-threatening danger. Putting down Little Broken Things was
impossible."
*Randy Susan Meyers, bestselling author of Accidents of Marriage
and The Widow of Wall Street*
"I have long been a fan of Nicole Baart’s finely crafted, flawed
characters, her deft plotting, her fluid, lovely writing, and all
of these gifts are on display in Little Broken Things. I cared
about these sisters, feared and hoped for them, and lost my heart
to Lucy, the locked-shut little girl living in the center of the
book’s secrets. It’s a gripping and suspenseful tale that kept me
turning pages late into the night; move it to the top of your
stack."
*Joshilyn Jackson, New York Times bestselling author of The Almost
Sisters*
"Nicole Baart has outdone herself with this lush, evocative family
drama full of shocking twists and a heart-warming grand finale. I
will think about the Sanford family for a good long time. Put
Little Broken Things on your fall reading list now!"
*Kate Moretti, New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing
Year*
"Little Broken Things made me abandon my life and responsibilities
for days. Stunning, beautifully wrought, tenaciously hopeful—move
this book to the very top of your book club list."
*Kimberly Stuart, author of Sugar: A Novel and the Heidi Elliott
series*
“Hold on to your hearts for this one. Nicole Baart leaves no
emotion untapped with Little Broken Things as she nudges readers to
ask: What kind of mother am I? With page after page of her
trademark lyrical prose, Baart offers a treat of a tale that will
please her loyal readers while drawing the praise of many more.
Soul-stretchingly good!”
*Julie Cantrell, author of Into the Free and Perennials*
“Suspenseful, heartfelt, and emotionally rich, Little Broken Things
explores the complicated bonds of family—those we’re born into and
those we choose. Baart’s writing—as always—is a delight.”
*Elizabeth Blackwell, author of While Beauty Slept and In the
Shadow of Lakecrest*
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