{"product_id":"pieces-of-my-mother-a-memoir-paperback","title":"Pieces of My Mother: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMelissa Cistaro\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A story that lingers in the heart long after the last page is turned.\" --HOPE EDELMAN, bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eMotherless Daughters\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Possibility of Everything\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis provocative, poignant memoir of a daughter whose mother left her behind by choice begs the question: Are we destined to make the same mistakes as our parents?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne summer, Melissa Cistaro's mother drove off without explanation Devastated, Melissa and her brothers were left to pick up the pieces, always tormented by the thought: Why did their mother abandon them?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThirty-five years later, with children of her own, Melissa finds herself in Olympia, Washington, as her mother is dying. After decades of hiding her painful memories, she has just days to find out what happened that summer and confront the fear she could do the same to her kids. But Melissa never expects to stumble across a cache of letters her mother wrote to her but never sent, which could hold the answers she seeks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaunting yet ultimately uplifting, \u003cem\u003ePieces of My Mother\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles one woman's quest to discover what drives a mother to walk away from the children she loves. Alternating between Melissa's tumultuous coming-of-age and her mother's final days, this captivating memoir reveals how our parents' choices impact our own and how we can survive those to forge our own paths.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.8 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 02, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771896955168,"sku":"9781492623113","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/33f65d704217e446c6959627500fd30f.webp?v=1780396492","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/pieces-of-my-mother-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}