Broken Whole

“Masterfully crafted, unflinchingly honest, Broken Whole weaves the complicated layers of truth that make up the terrain of relationships. Sensual, tender, authentic, and relatable, this story leaves no stone unturned on the thrilling path of romance―from libido to true love. As the narrator dives deep into titillating affairs and soul-searching questions, we recognize ourselves in her journey and even see how to embrace, as she does, the paradoxical and beautiful nature of our thirst for love and truth.”
―Natascha Bruckner, former editor for The Mindfulness Bell

“In the heartfelt memoir Broken Whole, Jane Binns gives us a sincere and deeply personal look into the perils of love and the frailty of the human heart. This book is a roadmap of desire, patience, and endurance―but most of all, points us in the direction of how to learn from adversity and emerge with a new sense of self and self-understanding.”
―Kristen Iversen, professor, author of Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats

“‘Without Death,’ St. Thomas Aquinas suggests, ‘Life would have no meaning. Too difficult to know just what’s what in all the happening that keeps happening.’ Jane Binns, in her meaningful memoir Broken Whole, draws in a purposeful parenthesis around a lively percolating period of her life, expertly drawing out some fractured yet finely finished order from the daily chaos. Clairvoyant and courageously clear-eyed, poetic and prosaic, relentless and revelatory, Broken Whole is expert negotiating these paradoxical sutures and conveys, in breathtaking detail, a mean golden mean of the aforementioned meaning.” 
―Michael Martone, author of Michael Martone and Brooding 

“In this post–Harvey Weinstein world, we’re all hurt and wounded. Broken Whole is a courageous step toward a better tomorrow, when men and women can begin to be more honest, loving, and more forgiving toward one another. I laughed when my heart wasn’t breaking. I’ll never look at myself the same again.” 
―David Madgalene, author of Call Down the Angel

“In her relentless search for love, Binns is never afraid to take a detour for a little fun and a good story. As she navigates the lust, loss, and laughs of dating, her sharp eye and tongue are as often turned on herself as on the men she encounters. Searingly honest, Binns insists on finding hope amidst the heartbreak.” 
―Lisa Birman, author of Colorado Literary Fiction award–winning How To Walk Away