LITTLE PIECES of ME by Alison Hammer - Review & Giveaway

 


When forty-three year old Paige Meyers receives a message from the ancestry site, FamilyTree.com she believes it's definitely a mistake. But in Alison Hammer's new novel, LITTLE PIECES OF ME (WilliamMorrow/HarperCollins) Paige is wrong and life as she's known it is about to change. Results of a DNA case digs up secrets of her mother's past which affects her current life.

Elizabeth and Paige have always had a strained mother-daughter relationship. She was "Daddy's Little Girl," until he passed away two years ago, really highlighting the problems between Paige and her mother. Deep, hidden secrets are revealed and Hammer delves into how far family members will go to get to the truth. LITTLE PIECES OF ME is told in dual timelines between Elizabeth's time in college and both of them currently.

LITTLE PIECES OF ME is an emotional journey about family, love and connection. I appreciate Hammer's talent to write authentic dialogue. Her characters are complex and we readers get to know them for all their strengths and flaws.



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 was her first novel.

Thanks to GetRed PR we have one copy to giveaway. Just tell us what you know about DNA testing. I know it's brought many people together, especially family members. We'll pick a winner soon. Good luck.

GIVEAWAY: USA only please

Comments

  1. Jodie C.April 21, 2021 at 1:38 PM

    It's helped people find family members they didn't know about

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  2. Padmini RaoApril 21, 2021 at 5:02 PM

    I’ve never used it myself but I’ve heard a lot of long lost relatives were reunited because of DNA testing. suzie_rao@yahoo.com

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  3. Marcia CrabtreeApril 22, 2021 at 3:12 PM

    I haven’t done any commercial DNA testing, but many members of my family have one or both of the BRCA genes that signifies a high risk of developing breast cancer. I had a test to determine whether I have one of the genes, and I do not. One of my cousins found she does and elected a double mastectomy and hysterectomy at the age of 40. My daughter has had significant testing done to determine what type of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome she has.

    My mother-in-law had a commercial test done and found that her ancestry isn’t as purely English, as she had thought. I’ve heard of some people having it done and finding out that their ancestry actually is Jewish, not Christian, although I don’t quite understand this as Judaism is a religion, not a race.

    Finally, I know that DNA testing has been a boon legally, in both child custody cases and criminal investigations. Murder cases that are very old have been solved based on small samples of DNA that have been found and tested many years later.

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  4. NancyApril 22, 2021 at 3:23 PM

    I know that some criminal cases have been solves via information gained from DNA testing sites.

    Nancy
    allibrary (at) aol (dot) com

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  5. rubynrebaApril 22, 2021 at 3:28 PM

    I have not used it. I have only read about families finding their real identity. I think it would be fascinating to read about.

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  6. taurusApril 22, 2021 at 4:05 PM

    DNA testing has helped to solve criminal cases, determine paternity and learn more about one's background.
    jtcgc at yahoo dot com

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  7. bn100April 23, 2021 at 4:57 PM

    can solve cold cases
    bn100candg at hotmail dot com

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  8. Burma TurnerApril 24, 2021 at 4:27 PM

    I don't know anything about it from experience, just what I've seen on tv.

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  9. Book Lover in FloridaApril 29, 2021 at 4:50 AM

    I'd like to do it but I don't want my DNA out in the world LOL (especially if I want to work in government)

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  10. Nancy PApril 29, 2021 at 8:59 PM

    I know quite a bit about it but I think it's fascinating that they can use it to solve cold cases decades after the crimes were committed.

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  11. travelerMay 1, 2021 at 7:20 AM

    I think that the DNA testing is wonderful and very important. I know my ancestry and background but gad a gift from my son from one of the companies. saubleb(at)gmail(dot)com

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  12. PamelaMay 1, 2021 at 4:23 PM

    I found out, less than a month ago, that I was adopted. I am in my 50's and my husband and I received the ancestry DNA kits as a gift. When a half-sister came up as a strong match, I asked my 90 year old mother if perhaps I had a different father. When she flipped her lid and became defensive, I called a older cousin who told me that I had been adopted and she was there when they brought me home! In a matter of days, my children connected me with my birth mother, who said she has been waiting over 50 years for me to find her!

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  13. PhyllisMay 1, 2021 at 7:00 PM

    I know DNA can help find family connections and even help solve crimes

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  14. JoMay 2, 2021 at 8:04 AM

    I've had it done

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  15. Terri L.May 2, 2021 at 7:44 PM

    It cleared my son many years ago when a young girl named him the father of her baby

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