Remember This

by Alexandra Campbell

'Enchanted places have the power to change us,to germinate that tiny seed of happiness, avarice or desire that we are so careful to conceal.' Lily Devereaux faces a dilemma. Should she rebuild her marriage to Tom or walk away from it? Tom also has to choose. His mother, Maud, has died, and his elder brother, Chris, wants to sell her cottage, The Boathouse, the scene of their magical childhood summers. His younger brother, Cameron, wants them to keep it. And Dora Savage, an old family friend, must decide whether the Devereauxs should finally know the truth about Maud's marriage to their father, Bertie, forged in the melting pot of the 1950s and 60s. Do love, forgiveness and compromise change over fifty years? The answers lie down at The Boathouse, where the waves and wildflowers ripple over the bones of a dangerous family secret.

Paperback

First published March 1, 2005

Reviews

[Ariella · Rating 2 out of 5]

Started out as Four stars and gradually got less. It was ok. The story-revolving around a vacation home called the Boathouse, goes back and forth from present day to the 1960's. The story promises to reveal a 'big family secret' and seemed like a nice family drama-saga style story. And true to form, secrets are revealed and that's all fine.
WHat bothered me was that at the end of the book- the last "secret" turned the book into being about something else that the rest of the book was not about. Its hard to describe without 'spoilers' but suffice it to say that there is one large secret that gets revealed at the end of the book that is a very heavy topic and really deserves more than what it gets. And that is where the book falls for me. It is just disjointed. Either get rid of the heaviness or make the whole book about it.

[Penny Taylor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great holiday read. I was absorbed by the characters & enjoyed the gradual revealing of the family history & intrigues.

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

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