Take Me Apart, Sara Sligar
Take Me Apart, Sara Sligar
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Take Me Apart
A Novel

Author: Sara Sligar

Narrator: Thérèse Plummer, Xe Sands

Unabridged: 11 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/28/2020


Synopsis

"What a clever, visceral thriller. A raw, unfiltered twist on gaslighting that challenges how society treats women. It made me sad, angry, and fired up."
—Araminta Hall, author of Our Kind of Cruelty

"I loved this novel so much that I blew off all my responsibilities, turned off my phone, and blistered through the whole thing in one sitting. Unforgettable and thought-provoking, Take Me Apart has my highest recommendation."
—Angie Kim, author of Miracle Creek

A spellbinding novel of psychological suspense that follows a young archivist’s obsession with her subject’s mysterious death as it threatens to destroy her fragile grasp on sanity

When the famed photographer Miranda Brand died mysteriously at the height of her career, it sent shock waves through Callinas, California. Decades later, old wounds are reopened when her son Theo hires the ex-journalist Kate Aitken to archive his mother’s work and personal effects.

As Kate sorts through the vast maze of material and contends with the vicious rumors and shocking details of Miranda's private life, she pieces together a portrait of a vibrant artist buckling under the pressures of ambition, motherhood, and marriage. But Kate has secrets of her own, including a growing attraction to the enigmatic Theo, and when she stumbles across Miranda's diary, her curiosity spirals into a dangerous obsession.

A seductive, twisting tale of psychological suspense, Take Me Apart draws listeners into the lives of two darkly magnetic young women pinned down by secrets and lies. Sara Sligar's electrifying debut is a chilling, thought-provoking take on art, illness, and power, from a spellbinding new voice in literary suspense.

A Macmillan Audio production from MCD

About Sara Sligar

Sara Sligar is an author and academic based in Los Angeles, where she teaches English and creative writing as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Southern California. She holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Pennsylvania and a master’s in History from the University of Cambridge. Her writing has been published in McSweeney’s, Quartz, The Hairpin, and other outlets. Take Me Apart is her first novel.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kat on May 08, 2020

i know this just came out last month but y’all better not keep sleeping on this book!!!! more of a literary psychological drama than a traditional thriller, this is a book that explores the pressures of art, marriage, and motherhood. it connects two women through their struggles, intertwining their l......more

Goodreads review by Nilufer on November 15, 2020

It was not the thriller that I was looking forward to read but it’s promising, effective, well-written psychological drama/ mystery. So you may be asking why I gave Switzerland treatment to this book by giving 3 stars: Well, I have complex feelings about narration. Some parts of the book belongs to......more

Goodreads review by Tammy on December 05, 2019

This is a nuanced addition to the psychological thriller subgenre. Don’t go into it expecting a typical twisty thriller. This is much more of an examination of mental health of the archivist as well as the famous, deceased artist whose life she is trying to piece together from the remnants of her li......more

Goodreads review by Christina on April 03, 2021

This is a well-written, slow burning story about an archivist, Kate, who is putting together the life of famed artist Miranda, who died in the 1980s by a shotgun blast. Commonly believed to be a suicide, was it something more? The book alternates between Kate’s investigation and her budding relation......more

Goodreads review by Angie on May 06, 2020

TAKE ME APART is a stunning debut. In gorgeous prose, Sara Sligar creates a haunting and decidedly feminist literary thriller that explores mental illness, violence, and the nature of obsession. I loved this novel so much that I blew off all my responsibilities, turned off my phone, and blistered th......more


Awards

  • Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year