‘The Missing Piece’ by Catherine Miller is a tale that will make the most cynical believe in love, with her skilful and beautiful writing Catherine Miller weaves a story that may leave you needing tissues, it did me.
Keisha is a research associate attempting to rid the world of heart disease. She is also a woman who knows everything about the heart. Every single little thing, and she knows she will never give her heart to be broken, by anyone! Whether she will be given that choice is yet to be seen.
Clive, on the other hand, is a 79-year-old man who fell in love right from a young age. He threw himself in wholeheartedly and made his wife his life. When his wife is killed he ends up with broken heart syndrome and in hospital. He meets Keisha who is studying Broken Heart Syndrome for her latest project.
These two are polar opposites, but as they get to know each other they realise that maybe they are more similar than they think. The real question here is can he make Keisha realise that taking a chance on love need not be what she expects?
The story is told in alternating chapters by Keisha and Clive, we learn about both characters and we get an idea on their thought processes and that helped me understand Keisha and her reasoning. I empathised with her reasoning and felt like I needed to mother her at times. There is also a tiny sense of intrigue with them both. They had their own mysteries that were unravelled over the progression of the book.
The cast of characters are all great and gave me a feeling that Keisha had a brilliant group of friends to rely on. This is a book that will stay with me for a while, a story of self-discovery with a kindness that touches your very core.
Thank you to Bookouture and NetGalley for the copy of the book for my review today
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