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Sam Tibbits loves life--especially life at Piddock Beach, where his family spends their vacations. It's here that he's come to care for Aubrey, his childhood confidante. So the year Aubrey's family moves away with no forwarding address, Sam is crushed. He was going to propose.
Aubrey McCart enjoys being with Sam; he accepts her unconditionally like her father never has. But when her father's pride and joy--her brother--is killed in Vietnam, Aubrey is unable to cope. She chooses a path that changes her life forever, leading her away from Sam.
Years later, when Sam and Aubrey find themselves back at Piddock Beach, the two are forced to confront their abandoned friendship and make peace with their lives. But can they do so without overstepping their moral boundaries?
Aubrey McCart enjoys being with Sam; he accepts her unconditionally like her father never has. But when her father's pride and joy--her brother--is killed in Vietnam, Aubrey is unable to cope. She chooses a path that changes her life forever, leading her away from Sam.
Years later, when Sam and Aubrey find themselves back at Piddock Beach, the two are forced to confront their abandoned friendship and make peace with their lives. But can they do so without overstepping their moral boundaries?
304 pages, Paperback
First published November 15, 2005
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Deborah Bedford
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Deborah Bedford was born on 1958 in Texas, USA and earned her degree in journalism and marketing from Texas A&M University. Immediately after graduation, she accepted editorship of Evergreen Today, a weekly newspaper based in the small mountain town of Evergreen, Colorado. While serving as editor there, she worked 70 or 80 hours each week, writing stories and cut-lines, sports and features, chasing fire trucks and checking police reports, taking pictures, editing, laying out pages, opaquing the negatives, stacking papers into vending machines and taking out the quarters.
It was long before she began to dream of returning to her first love, fiction writing. For her birthday in the summer of 1984, her husband, Jack, bought her a copy of the 1984 Writers' Market, and she began to meticulously send letters to every publisher listed in the book. Rejection letters flowed back by the handfuls. She has a large folder where, for posterity's sake, she has kept these to this day. She has also kept the letter from Harlequin Books she received, which invited her to submit a complete manuscript but warned her that Harlequin did not want books about cowboys, airline pilots, guest ranches or Texans. Deborah laughs now when she tells the story. Her manuscript was the story of "a woman who marries an airline pilot in Texas. Then, when he dies in a plane crash, she runs away to a guest ranch and falls in love with a cowboy." When she showed her husband, Jack, the letter, he said, "Honey, you've managed to write a manuscript that has everything in it they don't want." Harlequin bought the manuscript five short weeks after she submitted it. At that time, her editor told her, "This book isn't a romance, but we're going to publish it, anyway."
When Debbi Bedford's first book, Touch the Sky, was released by the Harlequin Superromance line, its sales topped every Harlequin record for a first-time author. It earned rave reviews and a Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice award. During the next seven years, she published six more books for the Harlequin Superromance series and a historical novel, Blessing, before signing a contract with HarperCollins Publishers. This paved the way for her to move on to write mass-market mainstream women's fiction, where her work garnered numerous awards and appeared on the USA TODAY bestseller list. The word she uses to describe her career is "beguiling." Whenever she wrote words about Jesus or God in her stories, those spiritual overtones were never touched, edited or omitted. But, along with those words, she admits that she was writing steamy scenes. "I wanted all the reward that the world would give me," she says. "I wanted all the fame, and all the status. But I realized that I was giving away lentils in the Lord's battlefield. That's when I became convicted. The time had come for a change."
What surprises Deborah the most, she says, is the freedom she now finds in writing for her Heavenly Father. "It feels like gloriously falling forward and wondrously coming home, all at the same time," she says. The Story Jar (March 2001) written with Angela Elwell Hunt and Robin Lee Hatcher and including pieces from Left Behind author Jerry B. Jenkins, Francine Rivers, Debbie Macomber and Lori Copeland, marked Deborah Bedford's writing debut for the inspirational market. It held a spot on the CBA Bestseller list for three consecutive months. While still shopping for the right publisher for her novel-length fiction, she had the opportunity to stand up at the Jackson Hole Writers' Conference, read an excerpt from The Story Jar, and explain to conference attendees about the call she felt to leave mass-market fiction and follow the Lord. In the audience that evening was Jamie Raab, publisher of Warner Books. The rest, as everyone says, felt like stars moving into place.
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Deborah Bedford was born on 1958 in Texas, USA and earned her degree in journalism and marketing from Texas A&M University. Immediately after graduation, she accepted editorship of Evergreen Today, a weekly newspaper based in the small mountain town of Evergreen, Colorado. While serving as editor there, she worked 70 or 80 hours each week, writing stories and cut-lines, sports and features, chasing fire trucks and checking police reports, taking pictures, editing, laying out pages, opaquing the negatives, stacking papers into vending machines and taking out the quarters.
It was long before she began to dream of returning to her first love, fiction writing. For her birthday in the summer of 1984, her husband, Jack, bought her a copy of the 1984 Writers' Market, and she began to meticulously send letters to every publisher listed in the book. Rejection letters flowed back by the handfuls. She has a large folder where, for posterity's sake, she has kept these to this day. She has also kept the letter from Harlequin Books she received, which invited her to submit a complete manuscript but warned her that Harlequin did not want books about cowboys, airline pilots, guest ranches or Texans. Deborah laughs now when she tells the story. Her manuscript was the story of "a woman who marries an airline pilot in Texas. Then, when he dies in a plane crash, she runs away to a guest ranch and falls in love with a cowboy." When she showed her husband, Jack, the letter, he said, "Honey, you've managed to write a manuscript that has everything in it they don't want." Harlequin bought the manuscript five short weeks after she submitted it. At that time, her editor told her, "This book isn't a romance, but we're going to publish it, anyway."
When Debbi Bedford's first book, Touch the Sky, was released by the Harlequin Superromance line, its sales topped every Harlequin record for a first-time author. It earned rave reviews and a Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice award. During the next seven years, she published six more books for the Harlequin Superromance series and a historical novel, Blessing, before signing a contract with HarperCollins Publishers. This paved the way for her to move on to write mass-market mainstream women's fiction, where her work garnered numerous awards and appeared on the USA TODAY bestseller list. The word she uses to describe her career is "beguiling." Whenever she wrote words about Jesus or God in her stories, those spiritual overtones were never touched, edited or omitted. But, along with those words, she admits that she was writing steamy scenes. "I wanted all the reward that the world would give me," she says. "I wanted all the fame, and all the status. But I realized that I was giving away lentils in the Lord's battlefield. That's when I became convicted. The time had come for a change."
What surprises Deborah the most, she says, is the freedom she now finds in writing for her Heavenly Father. "It feels like gloriously falling forward and wondrously coming home, all at the same time," she says. The Story Jar (March 2001) written with Angela Elwell Hunt and Robin Lee Hatcher and including pieces from Left Behind author Jerry B. Jenkins, Francine Rivers, Debbie Macomber and Lori Copeland, marked Deborah Bedford's writing debut for the inspirational market. It held a spot on the CBA Bestseller list for three consecutive months. While still shopping for the right publisher for her novel-length fiction, she had the opportunity to stand up at the Jackson Hole Writers' Conference, read an excerpt from The Story Jar, and explain to conference attendees about the call she felt to leave mass-market fiction and follow the Lord. In the audience that evening was Jamie Raab, publisher of Warner Books. The rest, as everyone says, felt like stars moving into place.
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February 2, 2018
“Onthou my” is ‘n onvergeetlike verhaal. Dit is ‘n storie oor God en liefde en die keuses wat mense geforseer word om te maak in die lewe. Die einde van die verhaal, laat die leser met ‘n gevoel van vrede omdat ons almal moet leer dat ons nie altyd kry wat ons wil hê nie, maar dat dit alleenlik God is wat iets beter vir ons in gedagte het. Dit is nie ‘n liefdesverhaal nie, maar ‘n verhaal waar mens die dieper betekenis in dinge wat gebeur leer. Die verhaal speel af langs die Oregon kus, in ‘n kusdorpie genaamd Piddock.
As klein seuntjie in die jare sestigs het Sam Tibbits altyd uitgesien na die somer vakansies saam met sy ouers en suster by Piddockstrand waar hy die wêreld en die see ontdek en geniet. Dit is ook hier waar hy Aubrey vir die eerste keer ontmoet – ‘n plaaslike meisietjie wat sy beste vriend, vertroueling en later sy eerste liefde word.
Deur die jare het Aubrey gegroei van ‘n regte “tomboy” in ‘n baie spesiale jong vrou en Sam kom agter dat hy die res van sy lewe saam met haar wil spandeer. Wanneer Sam dan Piddock toe gaan om haar te vra om te trou ontdek dat Aubrey weggetrek het sonder om haar adres agter te laat. Niemand kan hom sê waarheen sy en haar pa is nie aangesien haar broer, Kenneth dood is in Kambodja.
Nou jare later, is hy die pastor van ‘n gemeente ver van Piddockstrand en steeds enkelopend. Mary Grace is die gemeente sekretaress en voorsien hom die ondersteuning wat hy nodig het. Hy twyfel aan die egtheid van sy roeping wanneer sy suster, Brenda se man, Joe skielik te sterwe kom, laat dit soveel vrae ontstaan in sy eie gemoed. Dan is sekere van sy kerkraadslede gekant deur die idee dat die gemeente die Des Moines haweloses help totaal afkeur. Een so ‘n lid is Grant Ransom en hy dreig om die finansiële bydrae aan Covenant Heights te onttrek as dit voorgaan. Hy beinvloed die ander lede om dan so te stem dan Sam op “spesiale verlof” geplaas word. Met die dood van sy vriend, die gemeente wat hom nie meer wil hê nie, sy suster wat nie sonder haar man kan klaar kom nie moet hy boon op met sy susterskind, Hunter, se dinge sit. Nie net steel Hunter Sam se Mustang nie, maar hy en sy vriend maak ‘n ongeluk en die Mustang word afgeskryf. Sam bereik sy breek punt; spiritueel, emosioneel en professioneel. Hy besluit om Hunter Piddockstrand toe te neem – maar eintlik is dit ‘n ontvlugting vir hom ook.
Sam en Aubrey look mekaar weer raak aangesien hulle naby mekaar in die vakansie huise tuisgaan. Aubrey vlug terug na haar geboorte dorp om van haar man se skade te probeer ontsnap. Haar man, Gary Mangelson is ‘n alkolis en hy is in ‘n rehabilitasie sentrum. Hulle drie kinders: Hannah,4, Billy, 8 en Channing 15 is by hulle tante vir die vakansie. Albei dra swaar aan emosionele bagasie; albei is desperaat vir antwoorde. Maar gaan hul hernude vriendskap lei tot nuwe lewesin, of gaan dit hulle noo om die waardes wat vir albei belangrik is, te laat vaar?
Sam vind nie net heling vir sy eie siel nie, maar help ook vir Hunter om tot terme te kom asook vir Aubrey wat al die jare gebukkend moet gaan oor haar pa se afsku in haar as gevolg van die feit dat haar ma dood is toe sy Aubrey probeer help het. Daar was ‘n by in haar reddingsbaadjie die dag van die ongeluk in Aubrey se baadjie en haar ma het afgebuk om haar te help want die by het haar gesteek. Sy het nooit die boot se swaibalk sien aankom nie. Aubrey maak vrede met haar verlede en besluit om haar man by te staan maar eers moet sy hulle kinders die waarheid gaan vertel.
Sam en Hunter is oppad terug wanneer Mary Grace hom bel met nuus. Sy verlang baie na hom en mis sy geselskap. Kil, die hawelose man, was nog elke Sondag in die eredienste en hy het ook ‘n nuwe hond. Toe van Sam se gemeente lede verneem het wat met sy hond gebeur het, het hulle na die dieresorgverening toe gegaan en vir hom ‘n nuwe hond gaan kry. Hy werk ook nou by die dieresorgsentrum en samel donasies vir die diere in. Terug by die huis, pas Hunter baie beter aan. Hy het meer uit sy dop gekruip. Sam gaan lê ook ‘n paar besoeke by sy ma af wat in ‘n tehuis is aangesien sy Alzheimers het. Terwyl hy eendag in die boekwinkel soek na ‘n dagboek kry hy Mary Grace ook daar en nooi haar saam na ‘n antieke motorskou by die Amana-nedersetting.
Dan bel een van sy gemeente lede. Libby Kraft bel hom in verband met haar man, Lester. Hy het per ongeluk Casey, hulle vierjarige nefie raak gery. Die tydelike pastor van Covenant Heigths, Jack Jensen, staan Casey Boyd se ouers by terwyl Sam die Krafts bystaan. Jack bel dan vir Sam en sê dat hy nie net die persoon is wat die Krafts-gesin bystaan nie, maar ook die man is wat die gemeenskap kan saamtrek tydens hierdie tragedie. Almal met wie Jack gepraat het stem saam en daarom wil die Boyds het dat Sam die begrafnisdiens vir hul seuntjie waarneem. Saam praat oor die tragdie en oor ‘n klein seuntjie se lewe wat veels te vroeg geëindig het, maar die belangrikste deel van die preek is dat hy oor vergifnis praat – vergifnis van een mens teenoor ‘n ander, van ‘n mens teenoor homself en van God teenoor die mens.
Daar word ‘n opvolg vergadring gehou, en Grant Ransom se besluite vir die gemeente word in twyfel getrek. Wanneer hy weer begin dreig om finansiële hulp te onttrek, Dave Hawthorne wys Grant daarop dat sy motiewe om Sam op verlof te sit, verkeerd was end at hy almal “omgekoop” het om saam met hom te stem, maar dat wat Sam doen ter uitbreiding an die gemeente is. Hulle het geen probleem as Kil die diense bywoon en by die gemeente aansluit nie. John herinner hom dat God alle mense na sy hus toe roep. En dat wanneer hulle kom, hy van plan is om hulle te verwelkom. Grant storm uit die vergadering.
Aubrey skryf een laaste brief aan Sam en laat hom weet hoe dit met Grant en met die kinders gaan. Sam kom agter dat die vrou van sy hart, nog al die jare by hom was – Mary Grace.
May 9, 2009
This book was astounding. It reallygoes to show that the lord has plans for everyone, sometimes we put things before him, so his plans arent seen. I felt connected with the characters throughout the whole book.I really enjoyed it.
August 24, 2017
This book was about firstly a boy going with his family to a lake cottage in the summers and meeting with a young girl that lived there full time. their friendship became sort of like a true friendship that they counted on. Due to the fact that her father didn't think she could do anything =only her brother was the apple of his eye, she had her problems in this regard.
The story continues as they grow up = the boy becomes a minister = and being single , has many a young woman = bring casseroles to his house with their phone number on the package. and so forth,
When his brother in law dies = He is burnt out =he needs a break = goes back to where he was happiest the "Lake" to find his friend. He takes his nephew with him = as his sister says he is also hurting because of his father's death. so the two of them head to the lake =each with their own problems . They both need to talk to somebody=The boy for losing his father and the minister he's hoping she is not married as she was the only one that really understood him. she is not there
The girl has problems also = firstly not believing in God, second her brother dies, and her father demands that she can't do anything = packs up and takes her away from the lake.
The girl is a woman now has her own problems she is married and has three children and a husband that has substance abuse and has to go to rehab. so she packs up the children to go to their Aunt's place and she goes to the one place she was happiest = the lake
There they find each other , have many talks and many things happen = all to the good = it actually was a very good story, it is one I would read again within a year. I'm going to lookup the other books Debrorah Bedford has written as I would like to read them
The story continues as they grow up = the boy becomes a minister = and being single , has many a young woman = bring casseroles to his house with their phone number on the package. and so forth,
When his brother in law dies = He is burnt out =he needs a break = goes back to where he was happiest the "Lake" to find his friend. He takes his nephew with him = as his sister says he is also hurting because of his father's death. so the two of them head to the lake =each with their own problems . They both need to talk to somebody=The boy for losing his father and the minister he's hoping she is not married as she was the only one that really understood him. she is not there
The girl has problems also = firstly not believing in God, second her brother dies, and her father demands that she can't do anything = packs up and takes her away from the lake.
The girl is a woman now has her own problems she is married and has three children and a husband that has substance abuse and has to go to rehab. so she packs up the children to go to their Aunt's place and she goes to the one place she was happiest = the lake
There they find each other , have many talks and many things happen = all to the good = it actually was a very good story, it is one I would read again within a year. I'm going to lookup the other books Debrorah Bedford has written as I would like to read them
September 25, 2024
As a child Sam Tibbits and his family come to Piddock Beach, OR for vacations. It is there he meets Aubrey and over the years their friendship turns into love. Then one year she is no longer there, and Sam is devastated. He tries unsuccessfully to find her. The years pass and Sam becomes a pastor, but always feels there is something missing in his life. Finally, after a particularly difficult year, his congregation forces him to take a sabbatical and Sam goes back to Piddock Beach in search of what he left behind. Coincidentally, Aubrey also picks this time to visit, they meet and put to rest their unfinished business.
The book was fine, but not special.
The book was fine, but not special.
September 11, 2018
Easy read. Christian book. Sam grew up going to the beach every summer with his family. Loves Aubrey. Now, he's a pastor and his church wants him to take a sabbatical because he wants the church to bring in homeless people. He goes back to the beach. Aubrey is married to an alcoholic. He goes to rehab and she goes to the beach. They run into each other again. What will happen? As it should. She goes back to her husband. He goes back to his church. He's going to marry Mary Grace the secretary.
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February 25, 2021
Wonderful
This book held my attention Completely. I think most of us can relate to First love and wonder where it could of lead only to realize time changes everyone and every thing. Happy it ended as it did. Would suggest reading to all.
This book held my attention Completely. I think most of us can relate to First love and wonder where it could of lead only to realize time changes everyone and every thing. Happy it ended as it did. Would suggest reading to all.
July 7, 2023
I would like to give this book 4.5 out of 5 but there are no half stars. It was not a heavy book but did have a definite message which makes it worth reading. It was very enjoyable seeing the innocence of childhood as the characters develop.
January 28, 2013
Aubrey and Sam meet at Piddock Beach one night in the summer when he's trying to find clams with his sister Brenda - unable to find any Aubrey helps and from there a friendship blooms, eventually into a first love, when they share their first kiss together. However, only seeing each other in the summer seems to be difficult, but the good thing about their relationship is that they write to each other during the school year. I enjoyed reading Aubrey's letters, knowing what was on her mind filled in some of the gaps as to what she was doing throughout the year, but I wondered why the author didn't include Sam's letters - it would have really put their relationship into perspective if I could have read his letters, and felt his feelings through words. Aubrey's brother, Kenneth - the beloved son of their father, dies while in Cambodia at war - and I believe this is the turning point in the book, the point where Aubrey's relationship with her father is forever altered, as well as the one she held on to so tightly with Sam. Sam is never told, and Aubrey leaves two months prior to the day he visits her to propose. He leaves to finish college, and eventually the seminary.
The author gives us both Sam and Aubrey's perspective though, and the chapters are written quite nicely. Many things have occurred in their lives, but I must admit I like reading about Aubrey's life, because it's a little more interesting than Sam's, not that I'm not religious, but I just can't relate to Sam's life. It amazes me that events in both of their lives lead them back to Piddock Beach, looking at the same things like the lighthouse, and yet not together - not even realizing that they're that close to each other. I honestly believed that when Sam and Aubrey saw each other for the first time in years, the scene would have been more passionate, more exciting. things happened very abruptly in this book; I felt like I was reading about the next event before the current event even finished.
Remember Me, reminded me of a less well-written Nicholas Sparks book. I wasn't a fan of the ending, even though it was happy in some aspects. I feel as if the book wasn't worth my time, even though it wasn't as predictable as I thought it'd be.
"She taught him that there were parts of human love, too, that never end. That love doesn't always die and that, sometimes, love becomes stronger when it changes" (page 283).
The author gives us both Sam and Aubrey's perspective though, and the chapters are written quite nicely. Many things have occurred in their lives, but I must admit I like reading about Aubrey's life, because it's a little more interesting than Sam's, not that I'm not religious, but I just can't relate to Sam's life. It amazes me that events in both of their lives lead them back to Piddock Beach, looking at the same things like the lighthouse, and yet not together - not even realizing that they're that close to each other. I honestly believed that when Sam and Aubrey saw each other for the first time in years, the scene would have been more passionate, more exciting. things happened very abruptly in this book; I felt like I was reading about the next event before the current event even finished.
Remember Me, reminded me of a less well-written Nicholas Sparks book. I wasn't a fan of the ending, even though it was happy in some aspects. I feel as if the book wasn't worth my time, even though it wasn't as predictable as I thought it'd be.
"She taught him that there were parts of human love, too, that never end. That love doesn't always die and that, sometimes, love becomes stronger when it changes" (page 283).
May 22, 2019
Sam Tibbits met Aubrey McCart as a young child when his family vacationed in her home town of Piddock Beach, Oregon in the 1960s. They became fast friends, essentially growing up together during his yearly visits. Later, their relationship developed into more than friendship, as the two fell in love. When Sam went away to college, they kept in touch, sharing their joys and heartache through letters.
Sam feels sure that he wants to spend the rest of his life with Aubrey, but when he arrives at her house to ask her to marry him, her family has packed up and moved, leaving him no way to find her. Many years later, Sam is single and pasturing a church. Difficulties spring up with his ministry and his family, so Sam decides to take a sabbatical and return to the one place he has felt peace - Piddock Beach. He is surprised to find Aubrey there as well, trying to chase away turmoil in her life. Can the two reconnect and rebuild the relationship they once had?
This is a heart-wrenching novel about listening to God and following His lead, no matter what the outside world is telling you. It tells two separate stories: one about Sam and in a smaller way, about Aubrey. Sam's story is much more developed and although he goes through struggles, his trials have a satisfying conclusion. Aubrey, on the other hand, has an interesting tale that is never quite resolved. Most of the book follows a steady pace. The reader is kept interested in what will happen next. But, all of a sudden, two months have passed and we catapult forward without preparation. This caught me off guard and made it seem like a huge part of the story was missing.
All in all, Remember Me is a worthwhile read. The spiritual truths are forthright. And even though Sam is wimpy about standing up for his beliefs at first, he does develop a backbone and we witness the miraculous result of his trust in God. Though there is a romantic element to the novel, it's mainly about friendship and faith. And the ending is not what you might imagine from a plot synopsis.
Sam feels sure that he wants to spend the rest of his life with Aubrey, but when he arrives at her house to ask her to marry him, her family has packed up and moved, leaving him no way to find her. Many years later, Sam is single and pasturing a church. Difficulties spring up with his ministry and his family, so Sam decides to take a sabbatical and return to the one place he has felt peace - Piddock Beach. He is surprised to find Aubrey there as well, trying to chase away turmoil in her life. Can the two reconnect and rebuild the relationship they once had?
This is a heart-wrenching novel about listening to God and following His lead, no matter what the outside world is telling you. It tells two separate stories: one about Sam and in a smaller way, about Aubrey. Sam's story is much more developed and although he goes through struggles, his trials have a satisfying conclusion. Aubrey, on the other hand, has an interesting tale that is never quite resolved. Most of the book follows a steady pace. The reader is kept interested in what will happen next. But, all of a sudden, two months have passed and we catapult forward without preparation. This caught me off guard and made it seem like a huge part of the story was missing.
All in all, Remember Me is a worthwhile read. The spiritual truths are forthright. And even though Sam is wimpy about standing up for his beliefs at first, he does develop a backbone and we witness the miraculous result of his trust in God. Though there is a romantic element to the novel, it's mainly about friendship and faith. And the ending is not what you might imagine from a plot synopsis.
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September 4, 2007remember me by deborah bedford[return][return]publisher/date/no. of pages:[return]warner faith, 2005, 285[return]plot summary: what happens, when & where, central characters, major conflicts[return]sam always enjoyed the vacations his family took at the seaside when he was growing up. part of that was the friendship he enjoyed with aubrey, growing up with her from when she was a fearless tomboy to sharing their first kiss together. but, just when he was ready to declare his love to aubrey and ask her to marry him, she and her family disappeared. now, years later, sam is a minister, still single, and pastoring a church that suddenly decides he needs a leave of absence. sam, with his troubled teenage nephew in tow, returns to the seaside town of his childhood family vacations. aubrey has also returned to her hometown, hoping to escape for a while from the painful situation of her marriage to an alcoholic husband.[return][return][return][return][return][return][return]style characterisics: pacing, clarity, structure, narrative devices, etc.[return]the relationships and inner struggles of the characters provide most of the drama. the plot is somewhat predictable, if a bit implausible (sam & aubrey just happening to meet?). sam & aubrey don't end up together though, no matter how much the reader wants them too. yet the required happy ending ensues. the emotional/faith issues faced by the characters add welcome depth and realism to the story. bedford presents flawed, real human beings wrapped up in a story bigger than themselves. [return][return][return][return][return][return][return]how good is it?[return]good to read when you are in a serious mood, fans of romance will enjoy but need to be open to the hero/heroine not ending up with each other.
July 22, 2015
"Remember Me"... the title to this book was all it took to capture my curiosity! Overall, I did enjoy reading "Remember Me." I have to admit that it isn't the best book I've read, but is there such a thing as a "bad" book? ;) (Besides, I'm such a sucker for love stories! Gah!)
I really enjoyed the way Deborah Bradford told the love story, how she wrote it. The romantic beach scene was definitely touching, and first, young love remains in the heart. The novel is basically divided into two parts; the first is the "beginning," when Sam and Aubrey were children, how they met, etc. The second part of the book, the current time, is when they're both older and have both traveled upon very different roads. But Sam never forgot Aubrey. She did not forget him.
It was interesting to see Sam's struggle. "Why does love always end?" He asks, following all the tragic events that occurred in his life. When they met again, I couldn't help but get utterly sad and hopeless for their situation; she was married, had kids, a life of her own... But Sam still loved her!
I liked the ending. I knew that, this being a Christian book, they would never be able to be together, but I really liked how Bedford ended the book. Sam's love for Aubrey helped him realize "...that love doesn't always die and that, sometimes, love becomes stronger when it changes."
I really enjoyed the way Deborah Bradford told the love story, how she wrote it. The romantic beach scene was definitely touching, and first, young love remains in the heart. The novel is basically divided into two parts; the first is the "beginning," when Sam and Aubrey were children, how they met, etc. The second part of the book, the current time, is when they're both older and have both traveled upon very different roads. But Sam never forgot Aubrey. She did not forget him.
It was interesting to see Sam's struggle. "Why does love always end?" He asks, following all the tragic events that occurred in his life. When they met again, I couldn't help but get utterly sad and hopeless for their situation; she was married, had kids, a life of her own... But Sam still loved her!
I liked the ending. I knew that, this being a Christian book, they would never be able to be together, but I really liked how Bedford ended the book. Sam's love for Aubrey helped him realize "...that love doesn't always die and that, sometimes, love becomes stronger when it changes."
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May 7, 2012
Do you remember your first love? Sam Tibbits does, he met Aubrey while on his families vacation at Piddock Beach, Oregon. Aubrey’s family lived at the coastal town and took tourists out fishing on their boats. Every summer of his childhood he and Aubrey played together searching the tides and growing closer until the day came when they drifted apart as young adults. Sam became a Pastor, but never married and he always wondered what happened to Aubrey.
A series of tragedies leads Sam back to Oregon where he still longs to see Aubrey and relive his happy childhood summers in her company. Remember Me is an engaging Christian romance novel, great reading for a long summer weekend. It is also a contemporary mystery with a twist at the end and true to life characters.
A series of tragedies leads Sam back to Oregon where he still longs to see Aubrey and relive his happy childhood summers in her company. Remember Me is an engaging Christian romance novel, great reading for a long summer weekend. It is also a contemporary mystery with a twist at the end and true to life characters.
November 14, 2011
I really need to learn to say 'no' when someone recommends a book to me, and specifically in this case I should not have felt it necessary to finish reading it, since I knew pretty early on that I wasn't going to like it. It's been a long time since I've read Christian fiction, and this wasn't the book to convince me I was missing out. Compared to my regular diet of literary fiction/non-fiction and classics, this was pretty terrible. 2-dimensional and simplistic, in storyline, character development and especially the writing. Too bad.
December 30, 2022
This book I read for 2nd time. It was that good, I had to read it again 5 yrs later. A wonderful memory of childhood life into the adulthood of now. Two people together after many years apart. A book that take you back to your youth with feelings and emotions. And then a jump back to life as an adult and choices made, some good, some not so good. Memories live on forever.
August 6, 2009
Great book. Tale of friendship, growoing up, life altering changes in growing up, death, grief, family relationsohips and the aid of a Heavenly Father in your life and how he changes things for good.
Great book. I will go to the library soon and get more from this author.
Great book. I will go to the library soon and get more from this author.
May 10, 2010
This was a little more preachy than I usually enjoy but the story was good. I read the book group questions at the end, because I'm in that book group mode, and I found several of them to be thought provoking.
July 13, 2011
I was disappointed in this storyline as I was really rooting for the pastor whose faith seemed to get lost somewhere along the wayside. Clearly, if Bedford was making a statement that pastors are human, too she certainly made that point with this particular storyline.
September 4, 2011
Beautifully written, but I spent the entire novel rooting for the relationship that I knew couldn't be. When a Christian novel is written in a way that makes me want the "affair" to work out...eh...beautiful language can't really justify that.
November 21, 2008
I really felt for the characters in this book. Not as preachy as some Christian Fiction books. I'll definitely be looking for more of her books to read.
August 13, 2009
Enchanting story about a love that never fades away. I adore these types of romance novels and this one really hit the spot. Not at all trashy, but very imaginative and well written!
October 28, 2012
Always great books
May 5, 2012
A little too Christian for me although a good story. If you believe in a universal spirit, you can relate
May 27, 2012
I loved this book .It was such a blessing .
September 1, 2012
A very sweet book about a pastor who has lost his way and how he finds his way back to God.
July 29, 2013
A very good story
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September 15, 2015
I loved this one.
July 23, 2015
Had a hard time connecting with the book completely, though it was interesting.
June 30, 2016
A quote from the book that I loved "A friend is a Rare book of but One copy is made."
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