With Love from the Inside

Angela Pisels poignant debut explores the complex relationship between a mother and a daughter, their quest to discover the truth, and whether or not love can prevaileven from behind bars. Grace Bradshaw knows the exact minute she will die. On death row for murdering her infant son, her last breath will be taken on February 15 at 12:01 a.m. Eleven years, five months, and twenty-seven days separate her from the last time she heard her precious daughters voice and the final moment shed heard anyone call her mom. Out of appeals, she can focus on only one thingreconnecting with her daughter and making sure she knows the truth. Secrets lurk behind Sophie Logans big house and even bigger bank account. Every day when she kisses her husband goodbye, she worries her fabricated life is about to come crumbling down. No one knows the unforgivable things her mother did to tear her family apartnot her husband who is a prominent plastic surgeon or her synthetic friends who live in her upscale neighborhood. Graces looming execution date forces Sophie to revisit the traumatic events that haunted her childhood. When she returns to her hometown, she discovers new evidence about her baby brother Williams death seventeen years agoproof that might set her mother free but shatter her own marriage forever. Sophie must quickly decide if her mother is the monster the prosecutor made her out to be or the loving mother she remembersthe one who painted her toenails glittery pink and plastered post-it notes with inspiring quotes (100% failure rate if you dont try) all over Sophies bathroom mirrorbefore their time runs out.