My Thoughts on With Every Memory by Janine Rosche

 

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Is the life she can't remember one she'd rather forget?

One year after her family was in a tragic car accident that killed her teenage son, Lori Mendenhall returns home with a traumatic brain injury that has stolen the last eight years of memories from her, leaving the life she has returned to unrecognizable. Her once-loving husband, Michael, is a distant workaholic she isn't sure she can trust, and her once-bubbly daughter, Avery, has spent the last year hidden away in her room.

If Lori wants to reconnect with her family, she'll have to uncover the information her brain is trying to keep secret. As her memories return and past secrets resurface, it will take the whole family to repair what's been broken and find a new future together.

My Thoughts:

I was not sure, by reading the back of the book, how much I wanted to read this story. I thought this could be really depressing, especially already knowing her son died in the accident that has stolen her memories over the past eight years. Yet, the amnesia, especially only the past eight years taken, intrigued me enough to pick this one up.

I am so glad I gave this one a read. Author Rosche pulls us into the lives of the Mendenhall's through the voices of Lori and her daughter Avery as both try to circumvent life after the tragic death of Avery's twin brother. I can't imagine nor do I want to, to awaken from that horrific nightmare and not remember the past eight years of your life. For Lori, she remembers her twins younger, Michael and her poorer, yet much happier in their marriage. As she awakens to her reality, she is beginning to see that not all is what it seems. 

Not only is her son gone, but there is something wrong with her marriage and Avery is acting out. On Avery's side she is experiencing some intense grief. She lost her brother, best friend, and confidant while almost losing her mom. A freak accident changed life as they knew it and Avery is trying to catch up to graduate with the help of her brother's best friend, Xander. Who was also her biggest tormentor, once upon a time.

As Lori forges ahead and memories begin to resurface, she is going to need all the help she can get to keep her family together. This was a compelling read of love and faithfulness and the strength of the familial bond. And the power of forgiveness.

I was provided a copy of this novel from Revell Publishing through Interviews and Reviews. I was not required to post a positive review and all views and opinions are my own.

About the Author:

Janine Rosche is the author of the Madison River Romance and Whisper Canyon series of novels. Prone to wander, she finds as much comfort on the open road as she does at home. This longing to chase adventure, behold splendor, and experience redemption is woven into her stories. When she isn't traveling or writing novels, she teaches family life education courses, produces The Love Wander Read Journal, and takes too many pictures of her sleeping dogs.