On Tour 09/07/24-10/31/24 “Eleanora In Pieces” by Jessica Maffetore

Release Date: September 5, 2024

About The Book:

It’s been two years since her 4-year-old son… her baby…her Owen… disappeared from his bed in the middle of the night.

Every day Eleanora waits for news that he’s been found.And every day she lives with the nightmare of knowing that she failed to protect her son.

Intuition tells her that Owen is alive, and Eleanora shuts out everyone who doesn’t believe. But she fails to see that her single-minded hope has come at the expense of everything else she used to care about. With her career ruined, her marriage disintegrating, and her family coping with the loss in ways she can’t understand, Eleanora is left trying to claw her way out of the black hole her world has become.

When an unexpected surprise suddenly offers Eleanora a second chance at happiness, she is shocked to feel…nothing.

Doubting her own worth, questioning her right to find peace, and still praying for her son’s return, Eleanora struggles to see that life, ugly and painful as it can be, might still be worth living.

About The Author:

Jessica Maffetore is a New England based author whose work has appeared in a number of literary magazines including Poetry Quarterly, Third Wednesday and Clare Literary Journal. She has also been a guest columnist in the Fitchburg Sentinel & Enterprise. Jessica attended the University of Hartford for Public Relations and

Journalism and holds an MA in English Literature from Fitchburg State University. When not writing, Jessica is training to run marathons with her husband, going for walks with her rescue dogs, being tolerated by her teenage kids, growing vegetables in her garden and dreaming about where to travel next. She lives north of Boston with her husband, three children, the aforementioned rescue dogs and a pair of very opinionated house cats. https://www.jessicamaffetore.com/

Social Media:

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/JessicaMaffetore.Author
Twitter – @JessicaMWrites
Instagram – @jessicamaffetoreauthor

Book Blurbs:

A mother’s agony is brought to heart-wrenching life in this extraordinary debut from Jessica Maffetore. Her first person account of the two years following the disappearance of Eleanora’s little boy is starkly realistic and emotionally affecting without descending into sentimentality. Despite the somber themes of the book, Maffetore skillfully relieves the tension through Eleanora’s subtly wry observations, from her Italian mother’s reliance on food to cure all ills, to her therapist’s unorthodox clothing choices. I’m eagerly anticipating more from this impressive author!– Regina Buttner, Author of The Revenge Paradox

In her debut novel, ‘Eleanora in Pieces,’ Jessica Maffetore has created a poignant portrait of loss, redemption, and the relationships that tear us apart and bring us together. Struggling to shoulder the unbearable weight of her child’s abduction, to withstand the wrenching pain of not knowing his fate, and to fight a lonely battle to believe in his continued existence, the protagonist, Eleanora, is a heartbreaking, broken, and wholly sympathetic character. Numbed by a deadening depression, Eleanora’s decisions trigger a cascade of events that threaten to shatter a world that has shrunk to a pinpoint containing only her beloved missing child. Maffetore does an exquisite job of breathing the supporting cast into life, showing the reader that Eleanora has a chance at living – if only she can shift the burden of guilt and shame and reach for it. From the garishly-attired therapist, to the exquisitely flawless and overly-involved older sister, and the perfectly-imperfect work buddy, the novel’s characters have depth, complexity, and kindness, which the reader can see, even if Eleanora cannot – yet. Maffetore’s novel is an inspirational exploration of family, friendship, and the indomitable strength of the human spirit. With a fluid, eloquent writing style, the author shows how even the most broken of us can create something new and beautiful from a life that is shattered, binding together what is salvaged with love, hope, and faith.– Troy Hollan, Author of Clucked

Jessica Maffetore’s debut novel, Eleanora in Pieces, is a painstakingly wrought story of a mother unable to accept the disappearance of her toddler son. Eleanora, the title character, moves through her days as if slogging through mud, often succumbing to her depression by staying in bed and refusing social interactions, eventually pushing everyone away, including her husband. The moment-by-moment descriptions of Eleanora’s world are well-written and insightful, rich and painful, real and heartbreaking. Maffetore’s writing lifts the story and inserts the reader into Eleanora’s world, creating a character who is both likable and fractured, both by her child’s disappearance as well as the struggle to maintain an unexpected pregnancy after her husband announces his affair with another woman. We both root for Eleanora and sympathize with the daily pain of losing a child and having your world fall apart afterward. Nothing in the world can be worse than what Eleanora endures, but she keeps on going “because Owen may come home” at any time. Bravo to Maffetore for writing a stunning and intricately shaped novel about how we handle loss and yet keep on living.– Dawn Reno Langley, Author of Analyzing the Prescotts

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