You Don't Know Me but I Know You

Rebecca Barrow’s bright, honest debut novel about chance, choice, and unconditional love is a heartfelt testament to creating the future you truly want, one puzzle piece at a time.

There’s a box in the back of Audrey’s closet that she rarely thinks about.

Inside is a letter, seventeen years old, from a mother she’s never met, handed to her by the woman she’s called Mom her whole life. Being adopted, though, is just one piece in the puzzle of Audrey’s life—the picture painstakingly put together by Audrey herself, full of all the people and pursuits that make her who she is.

But when Audrey realizes that she’s pregnant, she feels something—a tightly sealed box in the closet corners of her heart—crack open, spilling her dormant fears and unanswered questions all over the life she loves.

Almost two decades ago, a girl in Audrey’s situation made a choice, one that started Audrey’s entire story. Now Audrey is paralyzed by her own what-ifs and terrified by the distance she feels growing between her and her best friend Rose.

Down every possible path is a different unfamiliar version of her life, and as she weighs the options in her mind, she starts to wonder—what does it even mean to be Audrey Spencer?

Teen Pregnancy: When Audrey discovers she’s pregnant, she’s forced to confront the same impossible choice her own birth mother made seventeen years ago. Best Friends: A secret this big threatens to create an unfixable rift between Audrey and her best friend Rose when she needs her the most. Mother Daughter Relationship: With a letter from the mother she’s never met and the support of the mom who raised her, Audrey must figure out what family and her own future mean to her. YA Contemporary Romance: Audrey and her boyfriend Julian must navigate this life-changing situation together, testing the strength of their love and their plans for the future.