Description: The heartbreaking, yet hopeful, story of a mother Alexis Gold and her daughter CeCe are struggling to be a family while the one person who holds them together, Tommy, struggles with a terminal cancer diagnosis.
Brief description:
Founder of the Every Damn Day Writers, Alison Hammer has been spinning words to tell stories since she learned how to talk. A graduate of the University of Florida and the Creative Circus in Atlanta, she lived in nine cities before settling down in Chicago, where she works as a VP creative director at an advertising agency. You & Me & Us is her first novel.
Review Quotes:
"You and Me and Us is that rare novel you want to savor even as you're turning the pages as fast as possible. This poignant and heartrending story of a family redefining their roles in the face of a crisis made me smile and cry. Alison Hammer is an exciting new voice in women's fiction, and I can't wait to read what she writes next." - Camille Pagán, bestselling author of I'm Fine and Neither Are You.
"Written in alternating chapters narrated by Alexis and CeCe, this tale of love and loss will make readers think about what we hold dear and how far we'll go to keep it. Those who love a poignant family drama will tear up as they consider how to navigate life without the one person who makes every day worth living." - Library Journal
"Hammer shines in a debut that takes readers on a journey through one family's heartbreaking summer... readers will want to keep tissues nearby." - Booklist
"A compassionate and deeply moving exploration of love and loss, You and Me and Us will break your heart and put it back together more than once by the last page. Alison Hammer has crafted an emotional story about marriage, family, and friendship that is both intimate and universal, and most importantly, unforgettable." - Lisa Duffy, author of My Kind of People and This is Home.
"Hammer is an expert at both tugging heartstrings and keeping the reader utterly immersed in a world of hope and heartbreak. A great new voice in women's fiction." - Kristin Harmel, #1 international bestselling author of The Winemaker's Wife
"A glorious, beautiful book." - Kimmery Martin, author of The Antidote for Everything