{"product_id":"half-penny-lori-l-lee-9781069085719","title":"Half Penny: A Memoir of Tangled Truths","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist! 2025 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, Women's Nonfiction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ \u003cstrong\u003e5-Star Review from Reader's Favorite\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHalf Penny\u003c\/em\u003e is a searing memoir about a girlhood shaped by secrecy, loss, and emotional captivity- and the woman who must return to the past to understand her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat begins as a daughter's attempt to lay her father to rest becomes an unexpected reckoning with buried memory: her mother's early death, a childhood abduction that was never explained, and a home where silence was treated as loyalty. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith clear, unsentimental prose, Lee examines the psychological cost of growing up inside dysfunction. Structured with quiet clues and narrative echoes that only reveal themselves with hindsight, \u003cem\u003eHalf Penny\u003c\/em\u003e rewards a second reading, offering hidden connections and early warnings that take on new meaning once the truth is known.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike Jenette McCurdy's\u003cem\u003e I'm Glad My Mom Died, \u003c\/em\u003ethis is a\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003estory about how family damage and secrecy shape identity. And like Amy Griffin\u003cem\u003e's The Tell\u003c\/em\u003e, it explores what it takes to separate the story you were handed from the life that was built on a lie.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect for readers who love: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrue stories\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmotional and unforgettable narratives\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCourageous accounts of resilience and survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccessible stories\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lori L. Lee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1069085715\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781069085719\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lori L. Lee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.61d","brand":"Lori L. Lee","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48799830507775,"sku":"9781069085719","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/half-penny-lori-l-lee-9781069085719","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}