{"title":"Home page","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-mother-i-did-not-know","title":"The Mother I Did Not Know","description":"\u003cscript type=\"application\/ld+json\"\u003e\n{\n  \"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n  \"@type\": \"FAQPage\",\n  \"mainEntity\": [\n    {\n      \"@type\": \"Question\",\n      \"name\": \"When will my book ship?\",\n      \"acceptedAnswer\": {\n        \"@type\": \"Answer\",\n        \"text\": \"All pre-orders ship by August 31, 2026. 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It is a stack of clinical case notes, an off-record file labeled in her mother's hand, and a Genízara lineage no one in the family ever named out loud.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTold in dual voices, the clinical and the off-record, the novel braids twelve sessions of grief, suspicion, and slow revelation against the high-desert landscape of northern New Mexico. The truth Mari uncovers is not what her mother lied about. It is what her mother chose to carry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's included with your pre-order from Thrive Collective Publishing\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFirst-edition printing of the debut novel (paperback and hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Reader's Companion delivered to your inbox: character family tree, Santa Fe and Abiquiú map, author notes on the case-files form, and the first chapter of Book Two as a preview\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Reader's Companion is a direct-order exclusive. Pre-order direct to get the full reader experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat makes this book different\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA New Mexico setting that earns its place in the story rather than serving as decoration. A Genízara identity reclamation arc that respects the historical and cultural weight of the lineage. A case-notes structure that lets the reader inside both the controlled professional voice and the private one underneath. A protagonist whose competence does not protect her from what is coming.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eInside the book\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwelve sessions across two narrative voices. A protagonist who is good at her job and bad at the silence between answers. A mother whose story is told only through what she chose to keep. A casita in Abiquiú that holds more than it should. The first book in The Casita Series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBest for\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLiterary suspense readers. Book club picks. Readers of Celeste Ng, Lisa Jewell, and Tana French. Anyone who appreciated the layered, atmospheric pull of \u003cem\u003eWhere the Crawdads Sing\u003c\/em\u003e and is hunting the next slow burn. New Mexico readers. Hispano and Genízara readers looking for representation that does the homework.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eEdition details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback and hardcover editions. By K.B. Cordova. Published by \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/about\"\u003eThrive Collective Publishing\u003c\/a\u003e. Ships August 31, 2026. The Casita Series, Book One.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout K.B. Cordova\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eK.B. Cordova writes psychological literary suspense set in northern New Mexico. She writes about secrets that travel further than the people who keep them. She lives in Santa Fe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Mother I Did Not Know\u003c\/em\u003e is her debut novel and the first in The Casita Series. 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