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"Me & Emma is a triumph... A remarkable story, told with vigour and truth and stunning revelations that remain with you long after you've closed the cover."
- Kathleen DeMarco, bestselling author of Cranberry Queen

In many ways, Carrie Parker is like any other eight-year-old -playing makebelieve, dreading school, dreaming of faraway places. But even her naively hopeful mind can't shut out the terrible realities of home or help her to protect her younger sister, Emma. As the big sister, Carrie is determined to do anything to keep Emma safe from a life of neglect and abuse at the hands of their drunken stepfather, Richard - abuse their momma can't seem to see, let alone stop.

After the sisters' plans to run away from their impoverished North Carolina home unravel, Carrie's world soon takes a shocking turn - with devastating results. In one shattering moment in the Parker sisters' lives, a startling act of violence ultimately reveals a truth that leaves everyone reeling.

By turns poignant, disarming and bittersweet, Me & Emma is the story of an endearingly precocious child and her determined fight to put the pieces of her fractured childhood back together.

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About the Author

As a correspondent for CBS News, Elizabeth Flock travelled the world covering the biggest stories of the day. After turning her hand to writing fiction in 1998, Me & Emma is Elizabeth's first book to be published in the UK. Married to CNN reporter Jeff Flock, Elizabeth lives in Chicago, where she is currently working on her next novel.

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