{"product_id":"little-pieces-of-me-9780062934871","title":"Little Pieces of Me","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A powerful story of family and connection that is just as fun as it is heartbreaking. I didn't want the story to end.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e -- Jill Santopolo, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Light We Lost\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eEverything After \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFollowing her acclaimed debut novel, \u003cem\u003eYou and Me and Us, \u003c\/em\u003eAlison\u003cbr\u003e Hammer offers a deeply moving story of family and identity. When a DNA test\u003cbr\u003e reveals a long-buried secret, a woman must look to the past to understand her\u003cbr\u003e mother and herself.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen\u003cbr\u003ePaige Meyer gets an email from a DNA testing website announcing that her father\u003cbr\u003eis a man she never met, she is convinced there must be a mistake. But as she\u003cbr\u003edigs deeper into her mother's past and her own feelings of being the odd child\u003cbr\u003eout growing up, Paige begins to question everything she thought she knew. Could\u003cbr\u003ethis be why Paige never felt like she fit in her family, and why her mother\u003cbr\u003ealways seemed to keep her at an arm's length? And what does it mean for Paige's\u003cbr\u003ememories of her father, a man she idolized and whose death she is still\u003cbr\u003egrieving?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBack\u003cbr\u003ein 1975, Betsy Kaplan, Paige's mom, is a straightlaced sophomore at the\u003cbr\u003eUniversity of Kansas. When her sweet but boring boyfriend disappoints her, \u003cbr\u003eBetsy decides she wants more out of life, and is tired of playing it safe.\u003cbr\u003eEnter Andy Abrams, the golden boy on campus with a potentially devastating\u003cbr\u003esecret. After their night together has unexpected consequences, Betsy is\u003cbr\u003edetermined to bury the truth and rebuild a stable life for her unborn child, \u003cbr\u003ewhatever the cost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen\u003cbr\u003ePaige can't get answers from her mother, she goes looking for the only other\u003cbr\u003eperson who was there that night. The more she learns about what happened, the\u003cbr\u003emore she sees her unflappable, distant mother as a real person faced with an\u003cbr\u003eimpossible choice. But will it be enough to mend their broken relationship?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold\u003cbr\u003ein dual timelines, \u003cem\u003eLittle Pieces of Me\u003c\/em\u003e examines identity and how the way\u003cbr\u003ewe define ourselves changes (or not) through our life experiences. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHammer, Alison:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eFounder of the Every Damn Day Writers, Alison Hammer has been spinning words to tell stories since she learned how to talk. A graduate of the University of Florida and the Creative Circus in Atlanta, she lived in nine cities before settling down in Chicago, where she works as a VP creative director at an advertising agency. \u003cem\u003eYou \u0026amp; Me \u0026amp; Us\u003c\/em\u003e is her first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52180001489170,"sku":"9780062934871","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5474c1ce-70e2-4161-b9ae-5e4d5feb6218.jpg?v=1775643725","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/little-pieces-of-me-9780062934871","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}