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The Butterfly Effect
From Book 1:
CAN SOMEONE ELSE STEAL YOUR SUICIDE?
...Beth thinks they can.
FAYE knows her heart still belongs to her first love, JACK. She also knows he might have moved on, but when she decides to track him down, nothing prepares her for the news that he's taken his own life.
FAYE is left wondering how to move forward - and whether or not JACK's best friend ETHAN will let her down again. And the news of JACK's death ripples through the lives of her friends too.
ABBIE finds herself questioning her marriage, and wondering if she was right to leave her first love behind. Poor OLIVIA is juggling her job and her boyfriend and trying to deal with a death of her own. And JACK's death has hit BETH the hardest, even though she never knew him.
Is BETH about to take her own life too?
The Second Cup is dark chick-lit and intelligent women's fiction at its best. Perfect for fans of Maggie O'Farrell, Elizabeth Strout, Dorothy Koomson and Amanda Prowse.
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TRIGGER WARNINGS: Suicide, depression, motorcycle accident, ADHD, miscarriage, alcoholism.
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Praise for The Second Cup
"A wonderful heartwarming read, in spite of the difficult topics raised, a book that will stay with you after you finish the last page." - Bookliterati
"Graye takes an intense situation and instead of shying away from it, she strips away the bandage so we can see the raw, oozing wound." - Princess of the Light
"This book was the most beautifully written mental health book I have ever read." - Nerdy Book Life
"It is rare that an author can articulate the type of pain inflicted through the act of suicide. In The Second Cup, Sarah Marie Graye does this, not through one voice, but four." - Waggy Tales
"Tragically woven into the plot is the intense depiction of life's struggles: love lost, divorce, adoption, suicide, bullying, mental illness and disease. Graye takes you into the minds and souls of her characters." - Readers' Favorite
"It's really well written making it an emotional page turner. Be warned though it's not an easy read due to the main topics being depression and suicide." - Heidi, Goodreads
FAYE knows her heart still belongs to her first love, JACK. She also knows he might have moved on, but when she decides to track him down, nothing prepares her for the news that he's taken his own life.
FAYE is left wondering how to move forward - and whether or not JACK's best friend ETHAN will let her down again. And the news of JACK's death ripples through the lives of her friends too.
ABBIE finds herself questioning her marriage, and wondering if she was right to leave her first love behind. Poor OLIVIA is juggling her job and her boyfriend and trying to deal with a death of her own. And JACK's death has hit BETH the hardest, even though she never knew him.
Is BETH about to take her own life too?
The Second Cup is dark chick-lit and intelligent women's fiction at its best. Perfect for fans of Maggie O'Farrell, Elizabeth Strout, Dorothy Koomson and Amanda Prowse.
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TRIGGER WARNINGS: Suicide, depression, motorcycle accident, ADHD, miscarriage, alcoholism.
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Praise for The Second Cup
"A wonderful heartwarming read, in spite of the difficult topics raised, a book that will stay with you after you finish the last page." - Bookliterati
"Graye takes an intense situation and instead of shying away from it, she strips away the bandage so we can see the raw, oozing wound." - Princess of the Light
"This book was the most beautifully written mental health book I have ever read." - Nerdy Book Life
"It is rare that an author can articulate the type of pain inflicted through the act of suicide. In The Second Cup, Sarah Marie Graye does this, not through one voice, but four." - Waggy Tales
"Tragically woven into the plot is the intense depiction of life's struggles: love lost, divorce, adoption, suicide, bullying, mental illness and disease. Graye takes you into the minds and souls of her characters." - Readers' Favorite
"It's really well written making it an emotional page turner. Be warned though it's not an easy read due to the main topics being depression and suicide." - Heidi, Goodreads
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About the author
Sarah Marie Graye
3 books24 followersSarah Marie Graye was born in Manchester, United Kingdom, in 1975, to English Catholic parents. One of five daughters, to the outside world Sarah Marie’s childhood followed a relatively typical Manchester upbringing... until aged nine, when she was diagnosed with depression.
It’s a diagnosis that has stayed with Graye over three decades, and something she believes has coloured every life decision, including the one to write a novel.
Graye wrote The Second Cup as part of an MA Creative Writing practice as research degree at London South Bank University – where she was the vice-chancellor’s scholarship holder.
First published in July 2017, The Second Cup was longlisted for the Book Viral 2017 Millennium Book Award and was included in Read Freely’s Top 50 Indie Books 2017.
Graye was diagnosed with ADHD in November 2017... and published an extended edition of The Second Cup in February 2018 so she could diagnose one of her characters with the same condition.
It’s a diagnosis that has stayed with Graye over three decades, and something she believes has coloured every life decision, including the one to write a novel.
Graye wrote The Second Cup as part of an MA Creative Writing practice as research degree at London South Bank University – where she was the vice-chancellor’s scholarship holder.
First published in July 2017, The Second Cup was longlisted for the Book Viral 2017 Millennium Book Award and was included in Read Freely’s Top 50 Indie Books 2017.
Graye was diagnosed with ADHD in November 2017... and published an extended edition of The Second Cup in February 2018 so she could diagnose one of her characters with the same condition.
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