Some memories are treasured, re-read like a favourite book. Some are traumatic and won't stay buried. But memories can be unreliable, can fade and mutate. They affect our actions and choices. Memories of a happy marriage comfort Liz through widowhood, while flashbacks to a devastating sexual assault overwhelm her youngest daughter, Eve. Her middle daughter, Carlie, is building a new life in another country but longing for home is pulling her back, while Ginny, the eldest, takes on everyone's problems as her own. Eve's daughter, Rosie, remembers nothing of her absent father and yearns to track him down against her family's wishes. Then Liz is diagnosed with dementia, and the family's resilience is tested as the matriarch begins to falter. If life is all memory, what is left when it's gone? Memory is at the core of all these women's lives: elusive, intrusive, helpful or misleading. What's revealed is a story about the struggle to maintain a sense of family, home, and self, amidst all life can throw at you.

lgrsfic/Susan_Sinnott_-_-_Remembering,_The_(v5).epub

Sinnott, Susan

Petheric Press

Vagrant Press

Canada - English Language, Canada

Halifax, Nova Scotia, 2022

Bielefeld, 2022

"Some memories are treasured, reread like a favourite book. Some are traumatic and won't stay buried. But memories can also be unreliable--they fade, mutate, vanish. They can affect our choices and make ripples through generations. Widowed and retired, Liz's daughters are her whole world. But Liz's world is already crumbling under the effects of grief and early onset dementia, and only crumbles faster when her youngest daughter, Eve, reveals she's been sexually asaulted. Eve, herself a clinical psychologist, struggles to cope while properly supporting her clients-many of whom are recovering from similar trauma. Liz's two other daughters, Carlie and Ginny, are left to pick up the pieces, trying to patch their mom's failing memory while dealing with the sibling strains of eldercare. Eventually, Eve's daughter, Rosie, becomes interested in tracing her own roots for clues about her identity, and a father figure she has no memory of. Memory is at the core of all their lives: comforting or devastating, elusive, intrusive, helpful, or misleading. It begs the question: if life is all memory, what is left when it's gone? What is revealed is a story about the struggle to maintain a sense of self, of family, and of home, amidst all life can throw at you--from past, present, and future. From the award-winning author of crossover novel Catching the Light comes this highly anticipated work of immense empathy, multi-generational trauma, and love lost, found, and remembered."-- Provided by publisher

The highly anticipated debut work of adult fiction from award-winning author of crossover novel Catching the Light, following three generations of Newfoundland women

2024-03-04