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11th out of 56 books
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57 voters
Patchwork of Me
by
Gregory G. Allen (Goodreads Author)
A product of the foster care system, Sara Butler spends her early thirties hiding from her past while striving for a normal life with her small group of quirky friends in Arizona. Seeking treatment for an invisible rash and abnormal dreams, her therapist helps her unlock a heinous past that she is unsure she wants to open. To patch her life back together, she realizes she...more
Paperback, 326 pages
Published
April 15th 2012
by ASD Publishing
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what a journey . . .
sara embarks on a journey of self discovery and takes you on the trip with her.
what i liked . . .
great writing
great voice
you really get to crawl inside the MC's thoughts
you feel like you are on the road trip with them
the descriptions of the towns and especially Maine are dead on!
the power of friendship . . how is sustains and maintains many where family is not an option
family is what you make . . .
and then there is the cover art!!!
what didn't work for me . . .
NOTHING!!!
GR...more
sara embarks on a journey of self discovery and takes you on the trip with her.
what i liked . . .
great writing
great voice
you really get to crawl inside the MC's thoughts
you feel like you are on the road trip with them
the descriptions of the towns and especially Maine are dead on!
the power of friendship . . how is sustains and maintains many where family is not an option
family is what you make . . .
and then there is the cover art!!!
what didn't work for me . . .
NOTHING!!!
GR...more
Engaging story of remembrance and enlightenment.
A touching saga of a young woman who grew up in foster care homes. As the story opens, Sara Butler is seeing a psychiatrist for a mysterious rash, but lies to him about her foster care upbringing. On her road to learning why she is experiencing strange symptoms, dreams, and visions, Sara undergoes hypnosis and uncovers memories of a troubling past. Sara's friends--dubbed the Gay Mafia--are devoted and wonderful, a quirky bunch that enliven the stor...more
A touching saga of a young woman who grew up in foster care homes. As the story opens, Sara Butler is seeing a psychiatrist for a mysterious rash, but lies to him about her foster care upbringing. On her road to learning why she is experiencing strange symptoms, dreams, and visions, Sara undergoes hypnosis and uncovers memories of a troubling past. Sara's friends--dubbed the Gay Mafia--are devoted and wonderful, a quirky bunch that enliven the stor...more
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I believe it was Richard Bach who said "The simplest questions are the most profound. Where were you born? Where is your home? Where are you going? What are you doing? Think about these once in a while and watch your answers change."
And so it goes for Sara too. This book is about Sara's journey as she discovers her past and tries to deal with her present but more importantly this book focuses of the patches of emotions we each sometimes feel and how it all weaves together in the end.
There is the...more
And so it goes for Sara too. This book is about Sara's journey as she discovers her past and tries to deal with her present but more importantly this book focuses of the patches of emotions we each sometimes feel and how it all weaves together in the end.
There is the...more
A Patchwork Of Me
Author: Gregory Allen
Reviewed by Fran Lewis
Just who is Sara Butler? Where does she come from? What is her past and why does she live in a fabricated and fantasy she made up for the present. Stemming from the first lies she invented about her past and a self created plane crash killing her parents, shifted and shoved around from to different foster care homes, Sara Butler has no real identity of her own. Realizing she might need help she seeks out a therapist only to hide the tru...more
Author: Gregory Allen
Reviewed by Fran Lewis
Just who is Sara Butler? Where does she come from? What is her past and why does she live in a fabricated and fantasy she made up for the present. Stemming from the first lies she invented about her past and a self created plane crash killing her parents, shifted and shoved around from to different foster care homes, Sara Butler has no real identity of her own. Realizing she might need help she seeks out a therapist only to hide the tru...more
Book Review: 2 Treasure Boxes
What if you had a secret past? Would you seek out answers or hide in your room? Sara, now in her early thirties, has decided it is time to find out about her roots. She has a spot on her forearm that drives her crazy, continually demanding to be scratched, but there is nothing there. She has a recurring dream, where she is a man and a father whose child has drowned. She is unable to maintain a romantic relationship and she lies to her therapist.
Patchwork of Me is Gre...more
What if you had a secret past? Would you seek out answers or hide in your room? Sara, now in her early thirties, has decided it is time to find out about her roots. She has a spot on her forearm that drives her crazy, continually demanding to be scratched, but there is nothing there. She has a recurring dream, where she is a man and a father whose child has drowned. She is unable to maintain a romantic relationship and she lies to her therapist.
Patchwork of Me is Gre...more
Gregory Allen’s ‘Patchwork of Me’ (Winner of the 2012 International Book Awards in Women's Lit and 2012 New York Book Festival in General Fiction), is one of those novels that will change you. Allen successfully draws you into the lives of four friends who are each damaged in their own way, and dealing with personal demons.
The story centres on Sara Butler; a child shuffled through foster care until her late teens. Sara has had haunting dreams and an invisible rash that have found her on the cou...more
The story centres on Sara Butler; a child shuffled through foster care until her late teens. Sara has had haunting dreams and an invisible rash that have found her on the cou...more
Author: Gregory G Allen
Published By: ASD Publishing
Age Recommend: Adult(Language)
Reviewed By: Arlena Dean
Raven Rating: 5
Blog Reviewed For: GMTA
Review:
I really did enjoy reading "Patchwork of Me" by Gregory G. Allen. It was the story of Sara Butler who was a product of the New Mexico Foster Child Protection Service System. Sara grown up in New Mexico and other places but she never was adopted and now she was having abnormal childhood dreams and a invisible mysterious rash. Now living in Arizona,...more
Published By: ASD Publishing
Age Recommend: Adult(Language)
Reviewed By: Arlena Dean
Raven Rating: 5
Blog Reviewed For: GMTA
Review:
I really did enjoy reading "Patchwork of Me" by Gregory G. Allen. It was the story of Sara Butler who was a product of the New Mexico Foster Child Protection Service System. Sara grown up in New Mexico and other places but she never was adopted and now she was having abnormal childhood dreams and a invisible mysterious rash. Now living in Arizona,...more
At some point in our lives, we all confront the need to find ourselves and the journey we take will define us from that point forward. Novelist Gregory G. Allen, author of the acclaimed “Well With My Soul” and “Proud Pants,” has returned with a new story that is just as heart wrenching, touching, and ultimately timeless as his previous works.
“Patchwork of Me” is the tale of Sara Butler. Raised by child services, she faces adulthood with no solid foundation in her past. Working with a therapist,...more
“Patchwork of Me” is the tale of Sara Butler. Raised by child services, she faces adulthood with no solid foundation in her past. Working with a therapist,...more
I am so thrilled I chose this book to read. It had everything -- suspense, mystery, craziness, dreams, visions, tenderness and a marvelous revealing journey. Sara Butler is a 33-year old woman who has not found the right man to fulfill her life. She denies herself from even looking anymore and is very withdrawn from people. Except for three doting, compassionate, loving -- oddball friends! Sara was raised by several foster families in New Mexico. None of the homes provided love as she moved thro...more
Sara Butler is 30 something and suffering from psychosomatic symptoms. A severe itch/rash on her arm that doesn't appear to others, accompanied by dreams where she is a man with a family and a little girl who starts appearing to her whilst she is awake. Sara was in the foster care system since she was 3 years old, until she faces this life event she is unable to move forward and discover what lies behind her dreams and hallucinations.
I loved the premise of this book and looked forward to readin...more
I loved the premise of this book and looked forward to readin...more
Gregory G. Allen is an author of many talents. In his new novel, Patchwork of Me, he uses his storytelling talent to flawlessly patch together, for our entertainment, a diverse range of characters whose journeys of self-discovery invite us, the audience, to tag along. In return, we get a lifetime opportunity to peer into our own journeys through life and the patchwork defining it. As a result, we earn the chance to come to terms with our own truths and accept who we are, as individuals.
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Wow. Just Wow.
I won this book in a Goodreads giveaway and I for one am profoundly grateful to have just met a new favorite author. Time to go out and put on my To Read list everything else Gregory G. Allen has written.
Wow.
Such an intense book. I got into Sara's head so deeply that the rest of the world faded away and I couldn't even remember who I was anymore. I was Sara, needing to discover my past and the secrets of who I was.
I loved the relationships best. The friendships, this family she...more
I won this book in a Goodreads giveaway and I for one am profoundly grateful to have just met a new favorite author. Time to go out and put on my To Read list everything else Gregory G. Allen has written.
Wow.
Such an intense book. I got into Sara's head so deeply that the rest of the world faded away and I couldn't even remember who I was anymore. I was Sara, needing to discover my past and the secrets of who I was.
I loved the relationships best. The friendships, this family she...more
I would give this book a *3.5*. I would give it a better rating but it took a long time for me to get into the story. the last half is the best part. Sara grew up in the foster care system. she is now in her 30s. she has been having disturbing nightmares. and has been seeing a psychologist trying to piece together her childhood. after trying to do some research she finds out she was originally from Maine.{she grew up in New Mexico foster care system.]and now lives in Arizona. the book picks up w...more
An interesting trip into a main character's past that was unexpected. Sara Butler knew only of her past beyond 3 years old where she was shipped from one foster home to another, she resents the childhood that she had and is unhappy with the lack of family that she has in her life. The reader takes a road trip with her and her friends that are her family to see what all lies in her past.
A book that I read in one setting because the author makes it an easy read both with the words he chose and cha...more
A book that I read in one setting because the author makes it an easy read both with the words he chose and cha...more
Actual rating: 3.5
Thank you to the author for this book!
This is a new genre for me and it had me on the edge of my seat wanting to follow Sara through her whole journey.
Sara is a likable character and doesn't actually come acrossed as crazy, but as a girl who is struggling with inner turmoil.
I felt like the book took such a huge turn when Sara decided to accept that she wanted help and needed it and that was nothing to be embarrassed about.
Her relationship with her friends was refreshing!
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Thank you to the author for this book!
This is a new genre for me and it had me on the edge of my seat wanting to follow Sara through her whole journey.
Sara is a likable character and doesn't actually come acrossed as crazy, but as a girl who is struggling with inner turmoil.
I felt like the book took such a huge turn when Sara decided to accept that she wanted help and needed it and that was nothing to be embarrassed about.
Her relationship with her friends was refreshing!
I e...more
Being bounced between foster homes would’ve been traumatic for anyone, but for Sara Butler, the experience has enshrouded her youth in a haze, with the lingering question of “where did I come from?” hovering above. Visions come to her, but what they reveal is hard to determine. Are they remnants from her past? Are they dreams? Is she going crazy? As painful as revisiting her past may be, Sara realizes that doing so is essential if she is ever to reclaim her sense of self and put the ghosts final...more
Totally loved the story! For me it was a total page turner could not stop reading it!
Interesting characters and plot line that propelled me right along to the end. A very enjoyable read.
A wonderful journey of self discovery.
I liked this book. It was really different and it ended in a good way. Would like to read next book to see what happened to everyone.
Disappointing - don't bother.
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Gregory G. Allen was raised in Texas, but now calls New Jersey home. His mother (an avid reader) passed on the love of written words to Gregory. He is an award-winning author & composer, a playwright, and manages an arts center on a college campus. He has had several short stories published, a musical theater writer with over ten original musicals produced, and contributes articles and blogs t...more
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