Kanojo No Kakera Jo / Original Title: PIECES of HER (Harper Books)

[Machine Translation] A juvenile shoots up a shopping mall. Andy, a communications officer at the police station who happens to be there, is mistaken for a policeman and held at gunpoint. Her mother, Laura, stands in front of her, trembling. Her mother, who should have lived an ordinary life, catches the killer's knife with her bare hands and slits his throat - without changing color. Despite Andy's dismay, the video of the incident went viral across the United States. The mother quickly becomes a person of the hour...

ショッピングモールで少年による銃乱射事件が発生。偶然居合わせた警察署通信係のアンディは、警官だと勘違いされ、銃口を突きつけられる。震える彼女の前に立ちはだかったのは母のローラ。ごく平凡に生きてきたはずの母親は、犯人のナイフを素手で受け止め、喉を掻き切った―顔色ひとつ変えずに。呆然とするアンディをよそに、事件の動画は全米に拡散。母は瞬く間に時の人となるが...。