Life in Pieces: From the Sunday Times Bestselling author of So Lucky, comes a bold, brilliant, and hilarious book to curl up with 2021

Life in Pieces is a book by Dawn O’Porter. It is presented as a set of daily diaries reflecting on life in lockdown and the “new normal”.

Key details

• Author: Dawn O’Porter
• Written as daily diaries tracking a journey through lockdown
• Includes reflections on grief and identity, parenting, sleep and spirituality
• Touches on what can be controlled and what cannot
• Includes an endorsement quote from Mark Watson

Synopsis

Life in Pieces is described as a book for anyone who has found themselves in a life they did not plan, particularly during 2020. It follows Dawn’s diary-style reflections as she thinks through lockdown life, including moments of humour alongside more difficult experiences.

The source highlights a wide range of topics, from grief and identity to bad hair, parenting, sleep and spirituality, as well as the contrast between the things that can be controlled and those that cannot. Much of this thinking is framed through the everyday reality of being at home, “mostly from a cupboard”, offering a glimpse into what the text calls the new normal.