To those who have emerged from the shadow of abuse.
BITS
from the
PIECES
The incidence of abuse at the hands of a family member is a tale too familiar to so many.
We, the victims may, like me, have had to suffer twice over. Robbed of our childhood innocence, then ostracized by our family when we finally recover our self-esteem and tell the tale which is so painful to relate.
Your life was sacrificed once. Don’t be a victim twice. Salvage what remains of who you are and try not to dwell on who you were.
Look around you, look how you have grown, and be strong. Let your critics fall by the wayside, step over them and walk on.
We are a force of nature.
A Word From The Author
Georgette Noëllat was born in Australia in 1951. She was schooled at Genazzano Convent and educated at the University of Melbourne, where she attained degrees in music and law.
Throughout her life as an author, Georgette’s books have ranged from music education and humorous farming anecdotes to more personal and sensitive topics, revealing her broken childhood and final triumph over despair.
Georgette Noëllat
A Whole Work of Art
Bits from the Pieces, by Georgette Noëllat
This evocative story starts at the recounting of Georgette’s childhood growing up in 1950s Australia, following her trials, tribulations, and triumphs as she navigates all the harshness and beauty in a world that doesn’t accept difference well. Find yourself laughing out loud and thinking back to your own childhood, as well as sympathising with the harsh lessons we all eventually learn in life. You’ll find yourself cheering for Georgette all the way.
As the years pass, Georgette’s stories continue to grow too. As readers, we join Georgette in her recollections of her days at university, studying law and music in Melbourne while she traversed the complicated landscape of being a young adult.
What Readers Are Saying
This evocative story starts at the recounting of Georgette’s childhood growing up in 1950s Australia, following her trials, tribulations, and triumphs as she navigates all the harshness and beauty in a world that doesn’t accept difference well. Find yourself laughing out loud and thinking back to your own childhood, as well as sympathising with the harsh lessons we all eventually learn in life. You’ll find yourself cheering for Georgette all the way.
As the years pass, Georgette’s stories continue to grow too. As readers, we join Georgette in her recollections of her days at university, studying law and music in Melbourne while she traversed the complicated landscape of being a young adult.
Reviewed by Kathleen Tamara Loxton
Bits from the Pieces, by Georgette Noëllat
‘Shattered …’
‘Broken beyond repair …’
Choosing not to believe this and facing the very things that tear you apart …
Georgette Noëllat is a fighter. Her weapons of choice? Love, Hope, and Humour.
During the highs and lows of her extraordinary life, Georgette has found wisdom and solace in her journey to accepting herself for exactly who she is, fighting every day to prove a world wrong that doesn’t accept difference.
From her childhood to recent global events and beyond, this touching memoir tells the true story of a girl battling the heartache of abuse while finding her inner strength, along with the power of love, who turned into a woman proud to show her broken pieces.
Every reader has their own story and strengths, and deserves to enjoy a laugh as well as a tear when turning the pages of another’s life.
As Georgette shares her story with us, she gifts us the valuable lessons of her past and her hopes for the ‘We are all broken in life. Some of us are broken into many pieces, but these pieces can be fitted together and glued into place with love and hope so that we look whole, at least from a distance.’
