{"product_id":"the-past-that-made-us-kelly-marks-hardcover","title":"The Past That Made Us -- Kelly Marks, Hardcover","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kelly Marks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atmosphere Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 298\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798891328129\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marks, Kelly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46708215840996,"sku":"9798891328129","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9798891328129.jpg?v=1756985379","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/the-past-that-made-us-kelly-marks-hardcover","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}