It's been two years and two months since trauma shattered hospital chaplain Isabel Myles's world. Since that day, she has stopped answering calls. She's shut out her family, friends, and co-workers. Even her faith seems to have faded. Except for her connection with her younger sister, Chantel, Isabel copes by forgetting. Then she takes on a summer job as a home caregiver for Opal, a dementia patient who is struggling to remember.
The more invested Isabel becomes in Opal's vanishing world-and in her devastated grandson, Evan-the more open she is to forming bonds, old and new. She reaches out to her best friend. She repairs the damage between her and her estranged parents. And with Evan she feels emotions she thought were lost forever. But the trauma Isabel's kept buried for so long will be rediscovered too. What Isabel learns could change her life again, forever. This time, though, she won't have to face the past alone.
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(Lake Union Publishing, 10 January 2023, e-book, 300 pages, #ARC from the publisher via NetGalley)
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I really loved What We Remember. I felt really connected to Isabel as she struggles to find her way through grief. This a real tear-jerker of a book, a gut buster. I cried so much in the final few chapters I could hardly see as I read. I loved the fact the source of Isabel's grief is not revealed until almost the end of the book. You know something has broke her world but only get small clues about what actually happened. This adds suspense urging you to read on. This is an incredible book.
