Lauren Rhoades + Ellen Ann Fentress

Join us for an event with Lauren Rhoades in conversation with Ellen Ann Fentress for her debut memoir, SPLIT THE BABY!

Can't make it to the event? Order your signed copy here:
https://www.lemuriabooks.com/Split-the-Baby-p/9781960215369.htm

*Only books purchased from Lemuria will be signed during the event

About the book:

In honest and captivating prose, Split the Baby chronicles the toll of divorce and family rupture from the perspective of a child who was nearly torn in two. Lauren Rhoades retells her experience of growing up caught between two homes run by equally strong women: a fervently Catholic stepmother and a deeply sensitive Jewish mother. Pulled toward radically distinct family cultures with rich but conflicting religious traditions, the young girl struggles to reconcile her stepmother's possessive charm with her mother's fierce and vulnerable love. Working with a trove of salvaged documents—including psychological evaluations, legal records, and personal family diaries—Rhoades searches for answers to questions of identity, spirituality, and the relationships that most deeply shape us. Ultimately, this debut memoir-in-pieces is a thoughtful story of learning to become whole again.

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