My Body in Pieces

The strongest element of the book is the gripping and gorgeous illustrations, which capture Marie-Noëlle’s emotions and magnify the spare dialogue and descriptions. … A touching story about love, forgiveness, and self-acceptance.

Kirkus Reviews

[W]ell told and beautifully illustrated … a book that needs to be read.

CM Review of Materials

[A] raw, cathartic debut graphic memoir.

Publishers Weekly

Hébert’s illustrations in graphite pencil … are not only breathtaking but also searing. …My Body in Pieces reminds young readers of all genders that perfection doesn’t exist and encourages them to both accept and love them-selves without apology.

Quill & Quire

H]eartbreakingly honest.

Montreal Review of Books

This dreamy, visually acute remembrance of ­reclaiming one’s body in its complex beauty is powerfully personal.

School Library Journal

[T]his graphic memoir presents an honest look at how quickly advice given with love can start to feel like hate.

Booklist

A striking debut and an impressive graphic novel that deserves a home on your shelf.

Cloud Lake Literary

I was touched by this story that refuses to be decorous or falsely resolve the questions it poses about inherited shame and self acceptance. Marie-Noëlle Hébert takes the violence of fatphobia and creates something truly vulnerable and unapologetic: a book that takes up space and that confronts the beauty dogma and body hatred bequeathed to girls from a very young age.

Kyo Maclear, award-winning author of Operatic