Half Penny

<p><strong>Finalist! 2025 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Women's Nonfiction</strong></p><p></p><p><em>Half Penny</em> is a deeply intimate memoir that unearths the buried truths of a fractured childhood shaped by secrecy loss and the longing for connection. In the wake of her father's death Lori is pulled into a reckoning: not only with the volatile man he was but with the lies he took to his grave.</p><p>What begins as a daughter's attempt to lay her father to rest becomes a harrowing excavation of her earliest memories: her mother's early death her own childhood abduction and the quiet violence of being raised in a home where loyalty meant silence. Told in sharp lyrical prose <em>Half Penny </em>examines the emotional cost of survival and the courage it takes to face the past.</p><p>Unflinching yet compassionate <em>Half Penny</em> invites readers into the heart of a girl growing up amid chaos and the woman who must piece herself back together to reclaim her voice. Fans of memoirs like <em>Troubled</em> (Rob K Henderson) and <em>The Glass Castle</em> (Jeanette Walls) will find familiar emotional terrain in this true story of deception survival and identity lost and found.</p><p></p><p><strong>Perfect for readers who: </strong></p><p>-look for true stories</p><p>-are drawn to emotional and unforgettable narratives</p><p>-want to be inspired by courageous accounts of resilience and survival</p><p>-need a selection for their book club</p><p>-enjoy accessible stories</p>