Memories

During October a lot of my reading was about memories. Hope Chest by Viola Shipman was about faith, hope and shared memories. It was set in the US in the present time with flashbacks to earlier years. It is about families. Mattie Tice has been diagnosed with A.L.S. (although it is not mentioned what A.L.S. stands for) and is dying.

I liked the way the story was woven around the contents of Mattie's hope chest.

Mid October I went to the local school for 150 years celebration since the school was opened. It was good to catch up with old friends and local residents and share some memories and see local history displays of the local town and the school.

I enjoyed reading The Trip of a Lifetime by Monica McInerny it was set in the present time in Australia and Irteland. Lola plans a trip to Ireland and she takes her granddaughter and great granddaughter. This book is about families and secrets. The book reminded me of a book written by Tamara McKinley where another grandmother Christy takes her daughter and granddaughter back to Scotland so Christy can put her memories to rest.

A book a bit different was If I Die before I wake by Emily Koch. This novel is about a journalist who has a climbing accident. Alex has been in a coma for nearly two years. His health care workers, family and friends all visit him and talk about their lives and Alex;s accident. Gradually through fragmented conversations we find out about Alex and his life and what caused his accident.

I finished of the month of October reading a very nice book about memories.

The Memory Shop by Ella Griffin

This novel was set in the present time and mostly in Dublin. Nora accidentally discovers her partner Andrew is having an affair just before she goes to Dublin to sort out her grandmother’s house and contents.

Nora gradually sells the contents of her grandparent’s house and in the process she mends her broken heart. This is also about the people who buy the items that belonged to Nora’s grandmother. It was a nice feel good story.