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What We Leave Behind

By Sue Halpern

What We Leave Behind

By Sue Halpern

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From the author of Summer Hours at the Robbers Library, a tenderhearted work of contemporary women's fiction about two very different women grappling with the messy emotional legacies passed down by their parents—for fans of Dani Shapiro, Ann Napolitano, and Jodi Picoult. It’s the perennial question: are we a product of how we were raised, or is our identity hardwired by our genetic inheritance? When her adoptive mother dies in a freak accident, high school senior Melody Marcus doubles down on her refusal to learn anything about her birth parents. In this age of 23&me, though, that may not be possible, and the family secrets hidden in her DNA threaten to upend everything she knows about herself and her family.  For Candace Milton, a successful woman in her forties, the emotional inheritance from her parents’ tortured marriage has led to a life of intentional unattachment. She is happy—enough. But a chance encounter with a friend of Melody’s father will challenge this assumption and force her to reimagine who she is and who she might become. Big-hearted, evocative, and achingly relatable, What We Leave Behind grapples with destiny, belonging, and love, and makes us question our own idea of family: the kind we’re born into and the kind we create.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
352
Release Date:
2025-08-14
Publication Date:
2025-06-24
Publisher:
HarperCollins
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0063415380
ISBN13:
9780063415386
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
266 g
Height:
132 cm
Width:
198 cm
Thickness:
23 cm
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