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Honor Thy Mother
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General FictionLiterary Fiction
Publisher Price: $19.95
Publisher: Blackwell House Publishing
Published: Mar 13 2026
Pages: 222
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.51 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Some families protect their children. Others bury the truth.
In the quiet isolation of a rural farmhouse, Melody grows up in a world ruled by silence, fear, and the suffocating weight of secrets no child should have to carry. Alongside her younger sister June, she learns early that survival sometimes means enduring what no one else sees-and that the people meant to protect you can become the ones you fear most.
For years, the outside world remains just beyond reach. Doors stay closed. Questions go unanswered. And every attempt to be heard disappears into a system that arrives too late.
But even in the darkest places, resilience can take root.
Honor Thy Mother is a haunting and deeply human story of survival, sisterhood, and the unbreakable strength it takes to reclaim a life after unimaginable hardship. With unflinching honesty and emotional depth, Katherine Blackwell delivers a powerful debut novel about the long shadows of childhood trauma-and the courage it takes to step into the light.
Perfect for readers of emotionally gripping literary fiction, Honor Thy Mother explores the quiet resilience of those who refuse to be defined by the past.
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