A Promise to Remember ~ Book Review

Andie and Melanie couldn't live more different lives.  But they do have something in common and that is that their beloved sons were killed in the same car crash.  Both are devastated from their loss.  In Andie's well to do world of Santa Barbara, she is having trouble dealing with her grief and tries to continue her charity work as she thinks her son would want her to do.  Melanie, being a single mother, has no choice but to get back to work, working long hours to pay her bills and provide for her remaining child.  Both Mom's will make decisions in their quest to have their son's remembered that will set into motion their opposite world's colliding head on.

This story is about love, loss, grief and forgiveness.  The author takes a very emotional subject and writes their grief journey realistically and with sensitivity.  Their struggles and feelings seemed very real and the consequences of decisions made and the influence of their backgrounds on these decisions was an interesting angle to their stories.  Faith definitely played a part in the story but wasn't done in a preachy manner but instead, to me, contrasted the difference between a living faith and a "Sunday" faith.  Though heavy in topic I did find the read worthwhile and enlightening not only in the journey that the main characters take but also in how those around them chose to show them support in their grief.  It definitely gave food for thought.  

Rating 7.5/10

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