{"product_id":"half-penny-a-memoir-of-tangled-truths-paperback-3","title":"Half Penny: A Memoir of Tangled Truths - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLori L. Lee\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 270\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 18, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48721367695609,"sku":"9781069085719","price":20.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/y118q2w_KN9781069085719_1142409f-3155-41b9-9642-768edf1550f1.webp?v=1785157541","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/half-penny-a-memoir-of-tangled-truths-paperback-3","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}