{"title":"Sue Halpern","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"what-we-leave-behind-paperback","title":"What We Leave Behind - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the author of \u003cem\u003eSummer Hours at the Robbers Library\u003c\/em\u003e, a tenderhearted story of two very different women grappling with the messy emotional legacies passed down by their parents--for fans of Dani Shapiro, Ann Napolitano, and Jody Picoult.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt'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\u0026amp;me, though, that may not be possible, and the secrets hidden in her DNA threaten to upend everything she knows about herself and her family. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Candace Milton, a successful woman in her forties, the collateral damage 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBig-hearted evocative, and achingly relatable, \u003cem\u003eWhat We Leave Behind\u003c\/em\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50103248879839,"sku":"9780063415386","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/SmHOlaROZE9780063415386.webp?v=1781090582"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/sue-halpern.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}