Ask Me How I Know

"Ask Me How I Know is an auspicious debut, and Colangelo is a writer to watch."—Mary Beth Keane, New York Times bestselling author of The Half Moon and Ask Again, Yes “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.”—Heather Aimee O’Neill, nationally bestselling author of The Irish Goodbye 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. Now without the guidepost of her husband, Evelyn is adrift.