{"product_id":"the-stories-we-carry","title":"THE STORIES WE CARRY","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA small-town bookstore owner finds herself at odds with a newcomer bent on disrupting her quiet life in this Southern women's fiction novel by award-winning author Robin W. Pearson.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGlory Pryor has carved out a life for herself in Gilmore, North Carolina, cultivating a community around her bookstore, By the Book. While her business is a success, she carries the weight of stories of her own she's never told anyone. She holds out hope that one day her estranged brother will turn up on her doorstep so she can finally learn where he's been all these years. Glory's husband Eli thinks she has her arms wrapped too tightly around the could-have-beens, and that it's time for them to let go of the store as they head into their retirement years. Glory has different opinions on that—she's not ready to give up the dream she's built just yet. Then Adelle Simonette shows up with her young son, Bennett, and Glory's carefully controlled life begins to crumble.\u003cbr\u003eNewly widowed Adelle Simonette is a single mother trying to find her footing and navigate parenting her young son. Lost in her grief, one thing she's certain of is that she needs to confront Glory Pryor and everybody who knows her because the woman's been living a lie. Adelle thinks it's high time Glory made things right. But Adelle's finding it hard to tell the truth . . . and there will be no going back once she does.\u003cbr\u003eIn the wake of deeply personal grief and loss, two women reckon with a lifetime of silence and secrets to find a path forward toward healing, hope, and restoration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eContemporary women's fiction for fans of Denise Hunter, Vanessa Miller, Rachel Hauck, and Rhonda McKnight\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA small-town Southern saga that features bookish heroines and themes of family, forgiveness, and reconciliation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIncludes discussion questions for book clubs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCode   667925\u003cbr\u003eEAN   9798400501258\u003cbr\u003ePages   352\u003cbr\u003eDepartment   Books\u003cbr\u003eCategory   Fiction\u003cbr\u003ePublisher   Tyndale House\u003cbr\u003ePublication Date   Oct 2025\u003cbr\u003eDimensions   0 x 139.7 x 210.82mm\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Robin W Pearson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51995054702873,"sku":"9798400501258","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0680\/8757\/8905\/files\/9798400501258_0.webp?v=1772604309","url":"https:\/\/crossroad.com.au\/products\/the-stories-we-carry","provider":"Crossroad Distributors","version":"1.0","type":"link"}