“Broken Hearts” is a touching and tender children’s novel by Maria Parr about friendship, family, and the difficult but necessary path of growing up. The story focuses on the inner world of children, in those moments when joy can instantly turn into pain, and silence into deep feelings. In the novel, Parr boldly speaks about fragile themes: separation, loss, fear, responsibility, and the small but decisive steps by which children learn to understand the adult world. The heroes face real choices, learn to listen to each other, forgive, and accept that the heart sometimes hurts precisely because it can love.
