Book #79 |
Book: The Memory Library | Author: Kate Storey | |
| Source: Library loan Format: Audiobook |
Pages: 335 | Duration: 08/28/25 – 08/30/25 (3 days) | |
| Rating: ★★★★★ | Genres: fiction, books about books, family, diversity, community | ||
| 📕10-word summary: Family circumstances bring a mother and daughter together to heal. 🖌6-word review: Great character development. Poignant, heartwarming story. |
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| 💭A favorite quote: “Happiness comes in many forms. I once read that whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world, a door opens to let in more light. I’ve read a lot of good books, and my world has always been full of light.” | |||
| Description:* For 42 years, Sally Harrison has been building a library. Each year, on her daughter’s birthday, she adds a new book to her shelves – with a note in the front dedicated to her own greatest work. But Ella – Sally’s only child – fled to Australia 22 ago after a heated exchange, and never looked back. And though Sally still dutifully adds a new paperback to the shelves every time the clock strikes midnight on July 11th, her hopes of her daughter ever thumbing through the pages are starting to dwindle. Then disaster strikes and Ella is forced to return to the home she once knew.*From goodreads.com’s synopsis. | |||
| Thoughts: I’m a sucker for a book about books, so it was an easy decision to read this one. And fortunately, it didn’t disappoint. I loved the diverse characters in this story, and I always find the process of someone coming to realize that something isn’t — or many things aren’t — what they appear to be. There’s a very good possibility that I’ll make this one of my future Mostly Social Book Club books. | |||
See the rest of the books I’ve read in 2025 and previous years: 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019.
