With Love from the Inside

By: Angela Pisel

Narrated by: Carol Monda, Andi Arndt

Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins

Publisher's summary

Angela Pisel's poignant debut explores the complex relationship between a mother and a daughter, their quest to discover the truth, and whether or not love can prevail - even from behind bars.

Grace Bradshaw knows the exact minute she will die. On death row for murdering her infant son, her last breath will be taken on February 15 at 12:01 a.m. Eleven years, five months, and 27 days separate her from the last time she heard her precious daughter's voice and the final moment she'd heard anyone call her mom. Out of appeals, she can focus on only one thing - reconnecting with her daughter and making sure she knows the truth.

Secrets lurk behind Sophie Logan's big house and even bigger bank account. Every day when she kisses her husband good-bye, she worries her fabricated life is about to come crumbling down. No one knows the unforgivable things her mother did to tear her family apart - not her husband, who is a prominent plastic surgeon, or her "synthetic" friends who live in her upscale neighborhood.

Grace's looming execution date forces Sophie to revisit the traumatic events that haunted her childhood. When she returns to her hometown, she discovers new evidence about her baby brother William's death 17 years ago - proof that might set her mother free but shatter her own marriage forever.

Sophie must quickly decide if her mother is the monster the prosecutor made her out to be or the loving mother she remembers - the one who painted her toenails glittery pink and plastered Post-it notes with inspiring quotes ("100 percent failure rate if you don't try") all over Sophie's bathroom mirror - before their time runs out.

©2016 Angela Pisel (P)2016 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Tissue

This book reminds us all about a mothers love that never dies and about how a husband should love his wife. Just be sure to have a box of tissues ready throughout the book, you are gonna need them.

Emotional journey

Well done journey of forgiveness and redemption. Emotionally impacted me - well written first novel, thank you !

wow couldn't put this book down!!

Would you listen to With Love from the Inside again? Why?

Love the suttle messages and lessons this book had to offer. Will have to listen again!!

What was one of the most memorable moments of With Love from the Inside?

The end is unforgetable!!

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

OH NO!!!

New Favorite Book of ALL TIME!!!!

I don’t usually write reviews but this book changed my way of thinking. It will make you smile and ugly cry at the same time. A must read

Heartwarming and Gutwrenching

I really enjoyed this one. I could have done with out the religious references, but it wasn't overdone and in this case, it was appropriate. I loved Sophie and Grace, and the story of their relationship. I don't want to give anything away, but the journey to mend their relationship was heartwarming. I listened to this on audible, and the narrators did an excellent job with the characters. This was one of those books where I was anxious to walk the dog or drive my car so that I could listen to it. It grabbed me from the outset, and never let go.

Wow. Loved It.

Compelling story. Well told. Highly recommend. The audible version was lovely. Won't give away any story lines because there are lots of twists.

Heart Wrenching

Grace is in prison awaiting death row for the murder of her infant son. Her adult daughter Sophie has moved on from her childhood and left her memories and her mother in the past. Then something happens that questions Sophie's own convictions about her mother and she must piece everything together as her mother's execution date draws closer.
I was completely entranced with this story. Down until the last couple pages there is no clear direction about what will happen to Grace. I will be thinking about this one for a while, as if the characters and events really happened.

Intriguing all the way to the end!

Loved it. It was intriguing all the way to the end. I am ready for the next book!

Great read

I absolutely loved this book. I was couldn't put it down right from the beginning.

Unique, gripping, emotional, excellent.

If you could sum up With Love from the Inside in three words, what would they be?

Unique, gripping, emotional.

What did you like best about this story?

I liked the deep connections I felt to the characters. This is not something that happens very often when I'm reading a book. I enjoy a story that engages me quickly and keeps me engaged and weaves a story that is plausible.
I look forward to more from this author.

Have you listened to any of Carol Monda and Andi Arndt ’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I haven't listened to the narrators previously. They did an excellent job.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

This could happen to anybody.

Any additional comments?

Capital punishment was abolished in the state of Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺 in 1967.
As an Australian I have mixed feelings about capital punishment but I am glad that wrongly convicted prisoners will not be executed here. People are wrongly convicted in all parts of the world and a system that does not allow for new evidence to be presented in the defence of an innocent prisoner is deeply disturbing.