{"product_id":"where-were-you-all-along-maeve-marley-9798285353454","title":"Where Were You All Along?","description":"\u003cp\u003eTold in two hauntingly intimate parts, \u003ci\u003eWhere Were You All Along?\u003c\/i\u003e traces the journey of a woman searching for clarity, connection, and a sense of self in the wake of absence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the first part, addressed to her deceased mother, the narrator revisits a childhood shaped by separation - raised by a grandmother after her parents' divorce, carrying questions that were never answered, feelings never voiced. This is not a letter of blame, but a reckoning with memory: tender, raw, and unflinchingly honest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second part shifts inward, following the narrator into adulthood - becoming a teacher, a wife, a woman abroad and then back in New York - navigating the pressures of ambition, the pull of intimacy, and the quiet weight of expectation. Torn between roles she didn't choose and dreams she can't quite name, she begins to confront the real question: who is she without the mother she lost, and the versions of herself she never became?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA deeply psychological, lyrically told novel about the invisible inheritance between mothers and daughters, and the quiet rebellion of becoming your own woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maeve Marley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798285353454\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/26\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.43d","brand":"Maeve Marley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48852477542655,"sku":"9798285353454","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/where-were-you-all-along-maeve-marley-9798285353454","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}