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Split the Baby

Lauren Rhoades

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English
Belle Point Press, LLC
10 September 2025
In honest and captivating prose, Split the Baby chronicles the toll of divorce and family rupture from the perspective of a child who was nearly torn in two. Lauren Rhoades retells her experience of growing up caught between two conflicting homes run by equally strong women: a fervently Catholic stepmother and a deeply sensitive Jewish mother. Pulled toward radically distinct family cultures steeped in rich religious traditions, the young girl struggles to reconcile her stepmother's possessive charm with her mother's fierce and vulnerable love. Working with a trove of salvaged documents-

including psychological evaluations, legal records, and personal family diaries-

Rhoades searches for answers to questions of identity, spirituality, and the relationships that most deeply shape us. Ultimately, this debut memoir-in-pieces is a thoughtful story of learning to become whole again.
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Imprint:   Belle Point Press, LLC
Country of Publication:   United States [Currently unable to ship to USA: see Shipping Info]
Dimensions:   Height: 215mm,  Width: 139mm,  Spine: 12mm
Weight:   244g
ISBN:   9781960215369
ISBN 10:   1960215361
Pages:   180
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Lauren Rhoades is a writer, editor, and grantmaker living in Jackson, Mississippi. Originally from Denver, Colorado, Lauren has served with AmeriCorps, started Mississippi's first fermentation company, and helmed the Eudora Welty House & Garden. She is now director of grants at the Mississippi Arts Commission and a host of MPB' s The Mississippi Arts Hour. In 2022, Lauren founded Rooted Magazine, an online publication dedicated to telling unfiltered stories about what it means to call Mississippi home. She holds an MFA in creative writing from the Mississippi University for Women.

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