Book cover for All They Ask Is Everything by Hadley Leggett
“I loved every page of this engrossing and empathetic story about motherhood.”
– Camille Pagán, bestselling author of Good for You
“A wise, thought-provoking novel about whether having it all is even the right aspiration.”
– Nancy Johnson, author of The Kindest Lie
“This book spoke to me on so many levels. I didn't want it to end.”
– Tara Conklin, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Romantics
“A relevant and absorbing exploration into parenting, foster care, and love.”
– Ann Garvin, USA Today bestselling author of There's No Coming Back From This
“A roller coaster ride through the intense emotions of motherhood… I was hooked from the very first page.”
– Kitty Johnson, bestselling author of Five Winters
“A must-read for anyone who’s ever questioned what it means to be a ‘good’ mother.”
– Lauren Parvizi, author of La Vie According to Rose
“I read with my heart in my throat, unsure who to root for at any given moment, and somehow rooting for them all.”
– Amy Neff, author of The Days I Loved You Most
“Leggett writes with compassion as she takes the reader through multiple perspectives of a complex situation.”
– Charlene Carr, author of Hold My Girl
“Hopeful and satisfying... will make readers reconsider the impossible standards expected of mothers everywhere.”
– Erin Quinn-Kong, author of Hate Follow
“Honest and compassionate, Leggett's story gives voice to the complex struggles of motherhood.”
– Robin Yeatman, author of Bookworm
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Released August 27, 2024

All They Ask Is Everything


Book cover for All They Ask Is Everything by Hadley Leggett

In this hopeful debut about the silent struggles of motherhood, three very different women want custody of the same two little girls—and learn they have more in common than the children they’re fighting for.

Determined to be a better mother than her own, Hannah has devoted her life to her daughters. She ignores her increasing exhaustion and isolation as a widowed mom—until a disastrous mistake lands the girls in foster care.

Julie is single and lonely and dreams of being a mother. After infertility issues lead her to foster parenting, she falls head over heels for Hannah’s daughters. The more she bonds with these sweet, precocious girls, the more she worries about their previous home life and becomes intent on finding a way to keep them.

Recently forced into retirement, Elaine is devastated by the way her daughter, Hannah, has shut her out. When she discovers her granddaughters are in foster care, she resolves to rescue them from the system: her one chance at a parenting do-over.

Each woman thinks she’s the best possible mother, but none understands the full truth. Old hurts, long-held secrets, and budding new relationships collide as they fight for the girls who could make them a family.

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Winner of the 2021 Rising Star Award from the Women's Fiction Writers Association.

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