I'll Remember April

by Jean Murray Munden

A gentle love story that spans seventy years and three generations of a family. Louise is an elderly woman whose adored granddaughter comes to her with a problem of the heart. The girl's story prompts Louise to reflect on her life and loves, and those of her family, told from several perspectives, beginning at the outset of the Great War.

336 pages, Hardcover

First published September 12, 2007

Reviews

[Nancy · Rating 4 out of 5]

A love story that spans seventy years and three generations of a family. It starts our with a granddaughter coming to the grandmother she adored and telling her she is in love with someone new,even though she is engaged to her childhood sweetheart. This sets the grandmother thinking back on her life, her children's and her grandchildren's.

I heard about this book while on a cruise this winter--the author was on this cruise and we became very good friends. She told me she had her first book published on the last day. I was intrigued by the language since it takes place in eastern Canada. (Author is from Vancouver.) I ordered the book which comes from Xlibris--a company that prints out the books as they are ordered. I had never heard of that before.

I am now reading it more slowly and digesting it better...I didn't want to slow down on the first reading.

[elena j. · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’ll Remember April is a quiet, tender novel that treats love as memory rather than momentum. Framed through Louise’s reflections, the story moves gently across seventy years, allowing relationships to unfold with patience and emotional depth. The shifting perspectives give the novel a sense of intimacy, as though family history is being shared rather than narrated.

What works especially well is the way personal love stories are placed against larger moments in history. Beginning at the dawn of the Great War, the novel shows how world events shape private lives, choices, and silences that echo across generations. Louise’s role as both witness and participant gives the story warmth and gravity, grounding the past in lived experience.

This is a novel that values emotional continuity over drama. It will resonate with readers who appreciate reflective storytelling, family legacy, and love that endures through time, loss, and change.