{"product_id":"i-never-knew-you-at-all-a-novel-christine-pride-jo-piazza","title":"PREORDER: I Never Knew You At All: A Novel, Christine Pride, Jo Piazza | OUT OCT. 13th, 2026","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eItem will ship on or after October 13, 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBestselling authors Christine Pride and Jo Piazza return with a gripping and thought-provoking new novel about a Black woman whose interracial marriage is tested when a journalist investigates a decades-old murder tied to her wealthy husband’s family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSimone Hartwell has made trade-offs to build a life she loves, including giving up her once promising career as a journalist. But as her husband, Alex, stands to finally take the reins of the family business—a chain of high-end grocery stores his grandfather started—Simone vows to settle contently into her role supporting him and raising their son Langston.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut when her college ex and first love, Kwame, resurfaces in her life, her carefully constructed domestic bliss threatens to crumble under the weight of old feelings and new dramas. Kwame, who built the journalism career Simone once dreamed of, is investigating a decade’s old mystery of a young Black man who disappeared from The Tate School—the same elite prep school that Alex’s family has attended for generations. When he discovers a startling connection to the Hartwells, it sets everyone on a collision course that will unearth long-held secrets, test loyalties, and force a major reckoning between the past and the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThorny, urgent, and nuanced, I Never Knew You at All is a story of love, forgiveness, and redemption that asks provocative questions: Who deserves forgiveness? Can people really change? And ultimately—what does it take to hold a marriage together…or break it apart?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45219152330822,"sku":"9781668033258","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0126\/8596\/7418\/files\/9781668033258.jpg?v=1782410274","url":"https:\/\/www.braveandkindbooks.com\/products\/i-never-knew-you-at-all-a-novel-christine-pride-jo-piazza","provider":"Brave + Kind Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}