With Love from the Inside

Praise

“A chilling and mesmerizing novel.”—Charlotte Observer

“A touching story of love and forgiveness in the face of adversity.”—Booklist

“Briskly paced….An admirable debut.”—Kirkus Reviews

“A thoughtful…story of mothers and daughters, heavily weighted with sentiment…this should appeal to readers of issue-based novels by Jodi Picoult or Chris Bohjalian.”—Library Journal

“Like nothing else I’ve read this year, With Love from the Inside chronicles a mother awaiting her execution on death row for ostensibly killing her infant son.  The writing in this novel is so strong and its message of forgiveness so powerful that it brought me to tears.”
—Elin Hilderbrand, New York Times bestselling author of The Rumor

“Powerful, provocative, and written with a rare grace. This novel will steal your breath—and your heart.”—Sarah Pekkanen, author of Things You Won’t Say

“With Love from the Inside is a gripping page-turner wrought with conflict, mystery, and life or death stakes. Angela Pisel ushers readers down the bleak corridors of death row, while simultaneously weaving a stunning tale of love and hope and faith. I fell in love with this tragic mother-daughter love story, a heart-wrenching illustration of the strength of the mother-daughter bond, the resiliency of the human spirit, and the power of forgiveness. Bittersweet and emotionally charged, With Love from the Inside is a perfect choice for book clubs. With Love from the Inside is a book that lingers long after the last page is read.”
—Lori Nelson Spielman, #1 international bestselling author of The Life List and Sweet Forgiveness

“With Love from the Inside is a page-turning tale of redemption, forgiveness, and the unending bonds of love. Pisel has written a gripping and emotional novel that is ultimately a love letter between mothers and daughters that will you have routing for both until the last page.”
—Elizabeth L. Silver, author of The Execution of Noa P. Singleton

“If you believed your mother murdered your baby brother, would you forgive her?  If, after she’d spent more than a decade on death row and was closing in on her execution date, you concluded she hadn’t done it after all, would you forgive yourself?  In this beautifully rendered and gripping tale, Angela Pisel explores these questions as nobody has before, and along the way takes us inside the daily dehumanization of death row.  Pisel is a novelist to watch, and this debut will stay with me for a very long time.“
—David R. Dow, author of The Autobiography of an Execution and founder of the Texas Innocence Network

“A moving and skillfully crafted portrayal of a death-row inmate and her family. Pisel delivers well-drawn characters who humanize the heartache and trauma of this emotional situation. Through the eyes of Grace, we see a very visual perspective of prison life–humiliation, degradation, self-doubt, and state of hopelessness. Deftly written, With Love from the Inside realistically portrays how anyone can become a victim of circumstances, in prison or out. A powerful and heart wrenching debut.”
—Forgiven Ministry