{"product_id":"the-past-that-made-us-hardcover","title":"The Past That Made Us - Hardcover","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\u003eKelly Marks\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome goodbyes don't last forever-especially in a town like St. Bell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMillie Carpenter has built her life around control. A work-obsessed loner, she's long believed the only person she can count on is herself-a belief shaped by a painful childhood and years of estrangement. But when a cancer diagnosis shatters her carefully ordered world, she's forced to accept help from the last person she ever expected: her mother.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReturning to the seaside town of St. Bell, Maine, means confronting everything Millie thought she'd left behind-old grief, buried memories, and the man who once held her heart. The golden boy turned lobsterman who vanished when she needed him most.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs chemo drains her strength, Millie faces more than just the physical toll of illness. Long-suppressed wounds begin to resurface-and so do the people who might help her heal, if she can find the courage to let them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, with the biggest fight of her life ahead, Millie must choose: keep running from the past, or embrace the messy, beautiful possibility of second chances.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 298\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 02, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48543757762781,"sku":"9798891328129","price":44.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/4ZkjQ00qML9798891328129.webp?v=1789135285","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-past-that-made-us-hardcover","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}