Coming March 16, 2027
“Ask Me How I Know is an auspicious debut, and Colangelo is a writer to watch.”
“An unflinching portrait of sisterhood that shows that while we’re not obligated to like our siblings, there’s no getting around learning from them—and what a privilege that is.”
“From the opening line Mary Grace Colangelo immerses us in the complicated lives of five very different sisters as they process the sudden loss of their father and decide what to do about their enigmatic mother. A sweeping story that explores the fraught relationships between mothers, daughters, and sisters, and, ultimately, what it means to be family.”
Ask Me How I Know
After the sudden loss of their father, five sisters and their mother must come together to confront their fractured past and find a new understanding of family, sisterhood, and what it means to forgive in this big, rich, deeply felt debut novel.
With their father’s death, the five Carpenter sisters worry for their widowed mother. A complicated, moody woman, Evelyn struggled with raising and being close to her daughters. Believing their complex needs were better served by their father’s easy love, she retreated into her volunteer work at the church where she felt most at home, leaving the girls to fend for themselves.
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About
Mary Grace Colangelo
Mary Grace Colangelo holds a BA in Classical Literature from the University of Dallas and is an active member of the WFWA, which named her a Rising Star Finalist in 2021. She lives in Bronxville, New York, with her husband, her two stepsons and two sons.