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Before We Were Women: A Contemporary Women's Fiction
Paperback
Publisher Price: $16.99
Publisher: CPR Books
Published: May 22 2026
Pages: 356
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.79 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Three women. Three secrets. One summer that changes everything.
Anita Kumar was fifteen when shame stole her voice. Pregnant and afraid to disappoint her successful parents, she allowed others to decide her future-and her daughter's. Years later, she buries her grief beneath competence, scanning every child's face for the one she lost.
Born into wealth but raised in fear, Ashley Spady escapes a violent home only to find herself trapped in a cycle she doesn't know how to break-until an unexpected diagnosis forces her to confront the truth about herself.
Adopted and blessed with an extraordinary memory, Robin Zymanski dreams of becoming a writer. But as questions about her origins deepen and her vision begins to fade, she must decide who she is when the future she imagined slips from view.
When their lives converge in the summer of 2009, the three women form an unlikely bond that reshapes their understanding of identity, forgiveness, and belonging.
Before We Were Women is a moving multicultural, multigenerational novel of resilience and sisterhood-about confronting the past, reclaiming your voice, and discovering that family can be found in the most unexpected places.
Perfect for Readers Who Love:
- Female friendship that becomes chosen family
- Found family in unexpected places
- Second chances at life-and motherhood
- Adoption and identity journeys
- Disability representation (vision loss & assistive tech)
- Quiet reinvention and personal growth
- Emotional, character-driven women's fiction
Perfect for Book Clubs. Themes Include:
- Teenage pregnancy and autonomy
- Adoption and emotional legacy
- Domestic violence and generational silence
- Disability and redefining identity
- Immigrant expectations and cultural belonging
- The meaning of service
- Found family vs. biological family
- Forgiveness and closure
- Multicultural and multigenerational conversations
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