Join us on Saturday, February 20th from 1–3 PM for an afternoon with Alabama author M. M. Evans, author of One On Each Side.

Ms. Evans will be at Page & Palette to meet readers, sign copies of her book, and share the story behind this heart-wrenching novel. Books will be available the day of the signing for customers to buy and get their book signed by Ms. Evans. Anyone who would like to special order a signed copy can call us at (251) 928-5295.

About the Book

Why didn’t you just leave? It’s the question every survivor of domestic abuse hears―as if leaving were simple. As if love and manipulation didn’t become impossibly tangled. As if breaking free from an abusive husband didn’t also mean losing the family you’d built your entire life around. Neely Ellison escaped her emotionally distant mother by marrying into Jeffrey McMahan’s loving Southern family. But Jeffrey’s devotion slowly transforms into control, and his mother’s warmth comes with strings attached. By the time Neely discovers the truth about Jeffrey’s past―and realizes that the only thing worse than leaving is staying―she must make impossible choices. To break free, Neely must dismantle not just her marriage but everything she thought she knew about family. She must escape not just Jeffrey but her own understanding of what love should be. Set against a genteel Southern backdrop during the 1980s and 1990s, ONE ON EACH SIDE is an unflinching examination of why women stay, how trauma bonds form, and what it takes to break free―not just from an abuser, but from the patterns that made you vulnerable in the first place.

About the Author

M.M. Evans lives and writes in North Alabama. When not reading or writing, you will find her in the kitchen feeding her sourdough starter or making some sort of sauce using tomatoes grown in her own little vegetable garden. One on Each Side is her first novel.