Ten Tiny Breaths

Spoiler Alert. I go into detail about what this book is about. If you don't want to know and want to read it stop reading when I get into describing the book.

The book that changed my life I found in the clearance section of Target. When I picked it up I had no idea what was about to happen. This is the only book I chose to reread every few years. It is about trying to get over a tragedy and moving on with your life. I found this book at the exact right time. I had just been through my own tragedy. Not as bad as what they experience in the book.

The name of the book is Ten Tiny Breaths by K. A. Tucker. It teaches you how to overcome a tragedy. The reason it changed my life is it shows you how to trust people after a tragedy. I had a hard time with that before I lost my parents. After it was hard and took a long time for me to trust and open up to people.

I will quickly go over the plot of the book. The tragedy is that she lost her parents, boyfriend, and best friend in a drunk driver accident. She turns to drugs and sex to cope.

Eventually she moves and takes her sister with her. They move next door to a person that will become her confidant. They work in a strip club. They get her a job as a cocktail waitress. The neighbor has a young daughter that helps break down her defenses.

The other neighbor will become her romantic interest. Unknown to her is that he is the only surviving person in the car that hit her. He wasn’t the driver but did give his keys to someone that was also drunk.

When she finds this out, she has a nervous breakdown. That prompts her to finally get the help she needs. She eventually ends up with the guy.

Another reason it has helped me is the saying that her mother always told her “Just breath. Ten tiny breaths. Seize them. Feel them. Love them.” She never knew what that meant. She figured it out at the end of the book. Breathing techniques have helped me out a lot.

I hope you check out this book. It is worth it.