No Stone Unturned by Jenelle Hovde (Austenprose PR Book Tour)

 

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Bridget Littleton is a vicar’s daughter and loves history and antiquities.  She is very excited to find a Roman mosaic in a neighborhood farm field.  Capitan Rafe Hawthorn has returned from fighting in the Napoleonic Wars, and he is the new viscount in the neighborhood.  He confronts Bridget as he believes she is excavating on his land.  Will Bridget be able to prove she is actually on the Peterson farm, and will she be able to convince Rafe that the work is worthwhile?  Will love bloom?  Who else is trying to steal the mosaics?

My thoughts on this novel:

·       This was a sweet Regency romance and a clean read.  It has a slow burn and enemies to lovers’ romance.

·       I loved Bridget. She is an educated woman who knows her own mind.  She has a passion for archeology and Roman artifacts.  She loves to read Gothic fiction and she is kind to others.

·       I also love Rafe.  Rafe had a broken childhood filled with abuse.  His mother was able to escape with him.  He also suffered a grave wound and loss of a friend in the war.  He has returned with his terrible memories to the estate, and he wants to repair the estate and help the tenants.

·       Bridget and Rafe had great banter and dialogue between them.

·       Roman archaeology is fascinating to me.  I loved reading about the dig, their finds, and early Christianity amongst the Romans.

·       I enjoyed the quotes at the start of each chapter.  Many are from Lord Byron, Seneca, and John Wesley amongst others.

·       The novel is told through a dual narrative between Bridget and Rafe. The story is told through the first-person point of view.

·       There were mysteries throughout the novel that kept me intrigued.

·       There is a great author’s note on the real Roman discoveries that occurred in England in the 18^th and 19^th century.

·       There are also great discussion questions at the end to challenge yourself with or use at a book club.

·       This was an excellent debut novel!  I can’t wait to see what Jenelle Hovde writes next!

Favorite Quote: “Leave no stone unturned.  How can we learn or grow if we do not understand the past?  How can we heal if we do not fully examine what happened to us?”

Overall, No Stone Unturned by Jenelle Hovde was a beautifully written Regency romance with great main characters and growth, interesting mysteries, and Roman archaeology. I greatly enjoyed this novel.

Book Source: Thank-you to @jenellehovdeauthor @tyndalehouse @austenprose for a review copy of this novel as part of the Austenprose PR Book Tour.

The Lawyer and the Laundress by Christine Hill Suntz (Austenprose PR Book Tour)

 

What country would you set a new book?  I realized that while I love L.M. Montgomery, I don’t read many books set in Canada.  The Lawyer and the Laundress by Christine Hill Sutz is set in Toronto Canada in 1837.  I read this while on a camping trip to Duluth, Minnesota.  I just returned this evening and I am a bit late with my post.

Sara O’Conner is a young widow trying to make ends meet as a laundress.  She befriends a motherless child, Evie, and through her, her father James.  After Evie falls ill with scarlatina, Sara nurses her back to health and stays on as her governess.  Sara’s new role in the home causes scandal across town.  Why is a laundress so educated?  What secret is she trying to hide?

My thoughts on this novel:

·       I loved the romance between Sara and James.  It was slow burn, and a marriage of convenience.

·       I loved Sara and Evie’s relationship.  It was made all the more special as Sara had lost her own mother as a child. She sympathized with Evie and did not want her to have the hard life that she herself endured.

·       I loved Henry, a poor young waif, who is sharp and knows all that is going on around town.  He helps Sara, Evie, and James through many pickles.  They help him too.

·       Ivanhoe is featured prominently throughout the novel and the characters enjoy reading and discussing it.  I still need to read Ivanhoe!

·       I had never heard of the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837.  I enjoyed learning about it in the story and the author’s note at the end of the novel.

·       This is my first book by Christine Hill Suntz and it won’t be my last!  It is hard to believe this was her debut novel.  It was very beautifully written with great characters.

·       Sara has lost her faith through life’s trials, but James has kept his own faith.  Sara has a journey back to faith in this novel. 

·       This was a clean read.

·       There were great discussion questions at the end of the book.

Overall, The Lawyer and the Laundress by Christine Hill Suntz was an engaging historical romance with wonderful characters set in Toronto in 1837.  I highly recommend this fabulous debut.

Book Source:  Thank-you to @christinehillsuntz @tyndalehouse @crazy4fiction @austenprose for the review copy as a part of the Austenprose PR Book Tour.

The Measure by Nikki Erlick

 

If you could find out how long you had left in your life, would you want to find out?

One day every adult in the world received a box with a string in it.  The strings vary by size.  It doesn’t take scientists long to determine the length of your string is how long you have left in your life.  How will this impact the world and those with “short strings” versus “long strings.”

My thoughts on this book:

·       The Measure was the September pick for the Rogue Book Club.  It made for an interesting book club discussion.  I am still thinking about this book.

·       The story follows eight characters and their stories.  Their stories intertwine at times.

·       Prejudice starts with “short stringers” with people not wanting to give them jobs.  Can your life have an impact, even if it’s a short life?

·       There are two love stories in this novel that were very touching.

·       The ending goes into the future to give closure to all the characters, which I appreciated.

·       It was hard to believe that this novel was written by a debut author! 

·       The novel was an interesting look into how we dehumanize people by grouping them together and deciding everyone in that group must follow the same principles.

·       This was a good character driven novel.

·       The reader never finds out where the strings come from and why they keep arriving for young people as they come of age.

·       Politicians use the situation and people to further their own gains.  This seemed like something politicians would do.

The Measure by Nikki Erlick is a beautifully written novel with an intriguing concept that is great for book club discussion.

Book Source:  Checked out from the Kewaunee Public Library. Thank-you!  Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue

 

Have you ever had a job that you dread going to?  I love my current job, but the job I had immediately before this job was one that I dreaded every day.  I only stayed at that job briefly.  Co-workers and bosses can make a big difference on whether you have a good experience at work or not.  Luckily, I was only at this bad job for a few months.

Jolene has been living life in a drunken fog, paralyzed by anxiety.  She has no friends, is estranged from her parents, and has no love life.  All Jolene has is her job.  She entertains herself by writing her true thoughts on the bottom of emails and then changing the text color to white.  One day she forgets to change the text color and she is reported to HR.  She is sentenced to sensitivity training with the new HR guy Cliff.  She soon discovers that when IT updated her computer, they accidentally gave her access to everyone in the office’s emails and chats.  She tries to report it to Cliff but is not believed.  When she discovers that layoffs are coming, she decides to use her new powers to help her keep her job.  What could go wrong?

My thoughts on this novel:

·     
  This novel was set in Canada.

·       The start of this book was bleak and felt like a downer.  Jolene’s life and outlook is depressing.  Luckily the mood changed as the book continued and it grew more lighthearted, sarcastic, and fun.

·       I loved the theme that once you get to know people, you will find out that everyone has something going on and we can all give others grace.

·       This novel has great character development, and I grew to care for so many of the characters.  They were very relatable.

·       Jolene is a great character. She is working through the trauma of her high school best friend dying and she has great growth throughout the novel.  She is half Persian and must deal with her Persian mother’s expectations.

·       Once I started this book, I couldn’t put it down. 

·       This novel had a sweet and believable romance between Cliff and Jolene.

·       This was a fantastic debut author, and I can’t wait to see what author Natalie Sue has next.

·       This novel was witty and well written.  I loved the sarcasm and dry humor.

·       I read and enjoyed this novel in May and I’m working on catching up on reviews.

I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue has romance, comedy, office politics, anxiety, family drama and heart-warming moments.  I enjoyed this unique novel and highly recommend it.

Book Source:  Giveaway copy from Book Club Girls and William Morrow Books. Thank-you!  Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean

 

Title: The Return of Ellie Black

Author:  Emiko Jean

Narrated by:  Mizuo Peck, Tessa Albertson, Nicole Lewis, Rebecca Lowman, Joy Osmanski, Angel Pean, Shaun Taylor-Corbett, Erin Ruth Walker, CJ Wilson

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Length: Approximately 10 hours and 11 minutes

Source: Review Copy from Simon & Schuster Audio.  Thank you!

Do you prefer books with one POV or multiple POVs?  I like both.

Ellie Black disappeared two years ago.  The trail went cold until one day, she appeared alone on a trail.  Detective Chelsey Calhoun receives the call about Ellie’s return.  She tries to get more information from Ellie on what happened, but Ellie is a closed book.  Chelsey’s own sister met a violent end, and she becomes obsessed with the case of Ellie Black.  Where was Ellie Black at for two years and were other missing girls at the same location?

My thoughts on this book:

·       Wow!  I thought I was very smart and had this book figured out and then it took a hard left at the end.  I enjoyed the thrills!  There were many twists and turns in this story, and it was very engaging.

·       Even more impressive was that this was the debut novel of author Emiko Jean.

·       Detective Chelsey was an intriguing figure.  An adoptive daughter of a past police chief, she feels she is always trying to live up to impossible standards.  As an Asian female cop, she knows people underestimate her.  She is haunted by the tragic death of her sister, and it drives her to figure out the mystery of Ellie Black to potentially help other victims.

·       The novel had an interested discussion on how the disappearances of women of color are not treated the same as the disappearances of white women. Ellie Black is Native American.

·       The story was told through multiple points of view. There were different narrators in the audiobook for each point of view which worked great.

·       There were disturbing scenes of violence in this book.  It was creepy and scary at times.  It left me feeling unsettled.

·       I don’t want to give too much of the plot away as it is great to discover it on your own.

If you are looking for an engaging thriller that you can’t put down, I highly recommend The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean.

A Lady’s Guide to Marvels and Misadventure by Angela Bell (Austenprose PR Book Tour)

 

Title:  A Lady’s Guide to Marvels and Misadventure

Author:  Angela Bell

Narrated by:  Beverley A. Crick

Publisher: Recorded Books

Length: Approximately 12 hours and 28 minutes

Source: Purchased from Amazon.com.  Thank-you Bethany House and Austenprose for the Review copy of the physical book.

A Lady’s Guide to Marvels and Misadventure is a historical fantasy novel set in 1860s London.  Clara feels the weight of the world on her shoulders.  Her engagement is broken, and her fiancé has been spreading the rumor that madness runs in her family.  Her family is …eccentric.  When her Grandfather Drosselmeyer sets off on a European trip on his flying owl, he leaves her clues to find him.  She sets off on an adventure around Europe with her mother, and her Grandfather’s apprentice, Mr. Arthur.  Will they be able to find her grandfather before it is too late?

My thoughts on this novel:

·       The adventure, clues, and travel made this a very fun read.

·       Clara’s eccentric mother was a hoot.  She was an animal activist before her time.  There was no creature too small for her care.

·       Mr. Arthur has a sad back story of his own and is really Mr. Theodore Kingsley.  He is a former soldier that struggles with a leg disability and with PTSD.  His family had shunned him because of this.   There was little support for veterans during the Victorian age.

·       Clara and Theodore had wonderful enemies to lovers’ romance.

·       I enjoyed the Christian message in the novel that Clara and Theodore needed to give their worries to the lord and move on with their lives.  The message was a part of the plot, and it was a larger focus in the second half of the novel.

·       This was a wonderful debut novel, and I can’t wait to see what author Angela Bell works on next. 

·       This novel is a clean romance.

·       I loved the steampunk vibe with the automatons that grandfather invented including the giant owl that he flies around Europe on.  He also invents an automaton that hatches from an egg and other neat items.  This leant a fantasy/sci fi element to an otherwise historical fiction novel.

·       The only weakness in the novel to me was the villain.  His back story and actions didn’t quite make sense to me. 

·       I read the first half of this book physically and finished it on audiobook as I had a lot of driving to do for work.  I enjoyed both formats!

Overall, A Lady’s Guide to Marvels and Misadventures is a fun, unique adventure and I highly recommend it.

The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan

 

Title: The Storm We Made

Author:  Vanessa Chan

Narrated by:  Samantha Tan

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Length: Approximately 10 hours and 52 minutes

Source: Review Copy from Simon & Schuster Audio.  Thank you @simonandschuster #BookClubFavorites for the free books!

Do you like storms or do they make you nervous?  I have always loved rainstorms, which is probably why I became a water resources engineer.  I once had a professor say that you needed to lay in the grass in the rain to see how the water travels across the land to truly be a water resources engineer.

The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan is a deep look into how World War II impacted the Malaysian people through the lens of one family mostly set in waning days of the war in 1945. This is told through four points of view from one family:

·       Cecily, the mother, tells her story ten years in the past.  In the present she lives under the guilt that in the past, she helped a Japanese spy to gather data from her husband.  Her husband worked for the public works department and his work provided targets to for the Japanese to hit to take over Malaysia.  She is excited by her work as a spy and the thought of getting rid of the British to have a free Malaysia.

·       Abel is Cecily’s only son.  He does not show up at home on his fifteenth birthday.  The country was experiencing the disappearance of many young men who were conscripted to build a railroad for the Japanese.  Abel faces unspeakable abuse.

·       Jujube is Cecily’s oldest daughter.  She works for a tea house and befriends a Japanese teacher who think she reminds him of his daughter back in Japan.  He is distressed about how the barbarian Americans targeted the innocents in the war with their atomic bombs, not realizing the hypocrisy on how the Japanese are abusing the Malaysian civilians.

·       Jasmin in the very young daughter, about seven years old in 1945.  She is innocent and spends much of her time locked in the basement so she will not be kidnapped for a Japanese comfort station.  She meets a new friend, and her life will never be the same.

What I liked about this book:

·       This book had me deeply ponder the horrors of World War II on the Malaysian people.  I did not previously know about how WWII impacted Malaysia. I will be thinking about this book for a long time.

·       The main characters were well developed, and I cared about them.  The secondary characters were also three dimensional, such as Bingley/Fujiwara (the Japanese spy), Mr. Takahashi (Jujube’s Japanese customer) Freddie (Abel’s best friend), and Yuki (Jasmin’s friend).

·       The storylines all combined at the end for a stunning conclusion.

·       I liked the map and brief Malaysia historical timeline at the beginning of the book.

·       The forward is very personal and lays the background for the novel.  “In Malaysia, our grandparents love us by not speaking.  More specifically, they do not speak about their lives from 1940-1945, the period when the Japanese Imperial Army invaded Malaya (what Malaysia was called before independence), toss ed the British colonizers out, and turned a quiet nation into one that was at war with itself.”

·       The narrator of this audiobook, Samantha Tan, was great and brought a different voice to the different characters.

Favorite Quotes:

“She relives the crack of pain that incapacitated her when she realized the price of this war was innocence, and the girls had paid, without knowing why.”

“Teenage boys had begun to disappear.” – Great first line.

Overall, The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan is a World War II novel that shows the horror of the war in Malaysia, and I will be thinking about this one for a long time.

Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson

 

Do you live in the same neighborhood that you grew up in?  I live in a different midwestern state, Wisconsin, than I grew up in, Michigan.  I still live in a small town, in a rural county as I did growing up, but now I’m on Lake Michigan.

Pineapple Street is the story of a family that lives a rarified life in Brooklyn Heights.  This story is told from three different viewpoints. Sasha is a woman who married Cord, the eldest son of the Stockton family.  She ran a successful business of her own when she married Cord, but Cord’s family is in a much different class than hers.  Darley is the oldest daughter of the family, and she is happily married to her husband Malcolm who has a high-profile job.  Darley has stayed home with her two small children.  When Malcolm loses his job, Darley starts to wonder if she should have given up her inheritance and her job.  Georgiana is the youngest in the family by ten years. She feels like Sasha is an interloper in their family.  When tragedy strikes her life, she begins to wonder about her inherited wealth and how she can help the world.

Pineapple Street was a very slow-moving book.  I kept wondering when the plot would happen, but I did find the characters interesting and wanted to keep reading. Everything just seemed to come about and be wrapped up right at the end.  The theme was as F. Scott Fitzgerald said, “'Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me.”  I think that F. Scott Fitzgerald told a more entertaining story with this theme in The Great Gatsby.  The book did seem to highlight how young people today are doing things differently with inherited wealth.

Pineapple Street was the January selection for the Page-turners Book Club at the Kewaunee Public Library.  It seemed that most members had the same feelings about the book that I did.

Book Source:  The Kewaunee Public Library

The Witching Tide by Margaret Meyer

 

Title: The Witching Tide

Author:  Margaret Meyer

Narrated by:  Miranda Raison

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Length: Approximately 9 hours and 36 minutes

Source: Review Copy from Simon & Schuster Audio.  Thank you @simonandschuster #BookClubFavorites for the free books!

 

When you think about witch trials, do you think about Salem, Massachusetts or do you think about England?  It was only within the last ten years that I found out about the witch finder, Silas Makepeace, in England and the horrors of what happened there.

Martha Hallybread is a midwife and healer who lost her voice as a child.  Her life changes forever when Silas Makepeace, the witchfinder, comes to town.  Her employer and surrogate son, Kit, gets her a job helping Makepeace look for marks of the devil on women.  Martha finds herself in a terrible situation, powerless to help or stop what is happening to the women in her small community.  Will Martha be able to save herself and the other women of her community?

The Witching Tide was a difficult book to read.  It was terrifying how when the witchfinder came to town, neighbors were turning on each other and hysteria ruled the day.  The proof that was used was horrifying and also laughable that such things could be used to condemn women.  They were powerless against the accusations. 

This book was very well written, and Miranda Raison was a good narrator. The one downfall is that it was slow in the middle and tended to get repetitive with Martha’s thoughts circling her mind.  She has a wax doll given to her by her mother that she keeps with her that she constantly worries about.  I just wanted her to throw it away!

The Witching Tide is an interesting story about a terrible time in history. 

Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon

 

What is your favorite book or movie that explores mother and daughter relationships?

Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon is a delightful new novel that explores mother and daughter relationships during a murder investigation.  Lana Rubicon runs a powerful real estate empire in Los Angeles.  After she finds out she has cancer, needs treatment, and help, she moves in with her estranged daughter, Beth, and granddaughter, Jack in a coastal city three hundred miles north of LA.  While her relationship with Jack strengthens, Beth and Lana remain at odds.  Jack discovers a dead body while leading a tour group on a kayaking trip for her job, and quickly becomes the prime suspect.  Lana pushes all of her energy into solving this mystery to help her granddaughter.  Will she be able to solve this mystery and repair her relationship with her daughter?

I was not sure what to expect when I started reading Mother-Daughter Murder Night.  Were the mother and daughter committing murders, victims of murders, what exactly did the title mean?  The title is a memory that Lana and Beth have of watching crime shows together for a mother-daughter murder night.  Lana wishes she could bring those happy times back by solving this mystery.  I loved that.

This novel was all about family dynamics and relationships.  I loved the characters, especially strong-willed Lana and her equally strong-willed granddaughter Jack.  I felt at one with frazzled mom Beth trying to keep it all together.  I loved these relationships and would really enjoy seeing this book made into a movie.  The humor was fun throughout this book as well.

I enjoyed the cozy mystery aspect of this novel as well and wanted to know how it would end. I did guess the ending, but I enjoyed the journey getting there.

This is author Nina Simon’s debut novel and I can’t wait to see what she writes next.  I thought it was touching to find out in the acknowledgement section that Nina wrote this novel with her own mother as a project to divert them from her mother’s cancer and treatment.

Book Source:  Review copy from NetGalley and William Morrow Books. Thank-you!  Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

You and Me and Us by Alison Hammer (TLC Book Tour)

I’ll admit, with all of the stressors that are going on in the world right now with the COVID-19 crisis, I wasn’t sure if You and Me and Us was the type of book I would like to read right now.  The novel soon proved me wrong and I had a hard time putting it down.  I devoured it quickly and only wished there was more that I could read on the wonderful characters.

Alexis Gold is a working mom with a very demanding job and busy life.  Luckily her partner, Tommy, is very supportive.  He works from home and is the primary caregiver to their 14-year-old daughter CeCe.  Alexis and CeCe both find their world shattered when Tommy is diagnosed with stage four small cell lung cancer.  After seeing his mother suffer for five years trying to beat and then ultimately succumbing to cancer, Tommy doesn’t want to put his family through that.  He decides he wants one last summer together in his home town of Destin, Florida, where they have Alexis’s Grandma’s cottage.   Together and apart they all come to terms with the major changes that are happening to them and determine how they will move forward.

You and Me and Us is told from the first-person point of view with alternating chapters told from the perspective of Alexis and CeCe.  Alexis and CeCe have a strained mother and daughter relationship and they both love Tommy.  It’s interesting to see their differing viewpoints.  They love one another and are a lot alike, but can’t always see eye to eye.  CeCe wants to be an actress, but Alexis doesn’t want her to be disappointed by failure.  Alexis has never wanted to be married after seeing her parents’ unhappy marriage, but both Tommy and CeCe would love to see that.   

The storyline and all of the characters were very engaging.  I felt that the emotions and situations were true to life.  As a working mother, I felt Alexis’s pain of loving her job, but wondering if she’s given up too much of herself to work rather than her children.  I also remember being a teenager like CeCe growing up and wanting to be independent, and feeling hemmed in by your mother.  I will admit, I did cry in this novel, but it was at one-part tears of happiness while at another part it was tears of sorrow.  The setting was wonderful in a small Florida coastal town.  Especially with being sequestered in at home now, it was nice to “travel” to Florida in the story.  I loved how Tommy was such a wonderful husband and father.  There had been twist and turns in his life story, but I thought it was so romantic that Alexis and Tommy were childhood friends who eventually found each other again as adults.  The novel concluded with a wonderful last chapter set one year later and it was a perfect ending. 

The novel also has my favorite items, the P.S. section with information about the author, behind the book essay, and a book club guide.  I was very interested to learn that this was Alison Hammer’s very first novel.  It was so well written and engaging that I couldn’t believe it. I thought it was interesting that the characters have been in her mind in different iterations for twenty years.  I hope that we hear more from them in the future.

Favorite Quotes:

“Sad that it’s easier for me to tell the world that I love my daughter in a hashtag than it is for me to say it to her face.”

“All those years ago, you told me to stay, to stop running away.  You said that life is going to be tough no matter where I went, and that some things were worth sticking around for.  And that’s you.”

“…you can’t run away from the hard things in life, because you might end up missing the beautiful moments.”

Overall, You and Me and Us was a very engaging story about the beautiful and tragic moments that are life.

Book Source:  Review Copy from William Morrow as part of the TLC Book Tour.  Thank-you!  For more stops on this tour, check out this link.

About You and Me and Us

• Hardcover: 432 pages
• Publisher: William Morrow (April 7, 2020)

 “Hammer is an expert at both tugging heartstrings and keeping the reader utterly immersed in a world of hope and heartbreak. A great new voice in women’s fiction.”-- Kristin Harmel, #1 international bestselling author of The Winemaker's Wife  

The heartbreaking, yet hopeful, story of a mother and daughter struggling to be a family without the one person who holds them together—a perfect summer read for fans of Jojo Moyes and Marisa de los Santos.

Alexis Gold knows how to put the “work” in working mom. It’s the “mom” part that she’s been struggling with lately. Since opening her own advertising agency three years ago, Alexis has all but given up on finding a good work/life balance. Instead, she’s handed over the household reins to her supportive, loving partner, Tommy. While he’s quick to say they divide and conquer, Alexis knows that Tommy does most of the heavy lifting—especially when it comes to their teenage daughter, CeCe.

Their world changes in an instant when Tommy receives a terminal cancer diagnosis, and Alexis realizes everything she’s worked relentlessly for doesn’t matter without him. So Alexis does what Tommy has done for her almost every day since they were twelve-year-old kids in Destin, Florida—she puts him first. And when the only thing Tommy wants is to spend one last summer together at “their” beach, she puts her career on hold to make it happen…even if it means putting her family within striking distance of Tommy’s ex, an actress CeCe idolizes.

But Alexis and Tommy aren’t the only ones whose lives have been turned inside out. In addition to dealing with the normal ups and downs that come with being a teenager, CeCe is also forced to confront her feelings about Tommy’s illness—and what will happen when the one person who’s always been there for her is gone. When the magic of first love brings a bright spot to her summer, CeCe is determined not to let her mother ruin that for her, too.

As CeCe’s behavior becomes more rebellious, Alexis realizes the only thing harder for her than losing Tommy will be convincing CeCe to give her one more chance.

 You and Me and Us is a beautifully written novel that examines the unexpected ways loss teaches us how to love.
 

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About Alison Hammer

Founder 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. You & Me & Us is her first novel. Find out more about Alison at her website, and connect with her on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.

 Photo by Will Byington