{"product_id":"what-we-leave-behind-paperback","title":"What We Leave Behind (Paperback)","description":"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom the author of Summer Hours at the Robbers Library, 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\/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, 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. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Halpern, Sue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52638338351378,"sku":"9780063415386","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0270\/9238\/5846\/files\/15357963482210.jpg?v=1787604576","url":"https:\/\/hbswarehousesale.com\/products\/what-we-leave-behind-paperback","provider":"Harvard Book Store Warehouse Sale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}