Memories in the Drift

 

Melissa Payne, bestselling author of The Secrets of Lost Stones, returns with another haunting and hopeful novel about redemption, the power of memory, and a woman’s will to reclaim her life.

My name is Claire. I’m thirty-six years old. It’s September. I know what I’m doing and why I am here…for now.

Ten years ago, Claire Hines lost her unborn child—and her short-term memory—following a heartrending tragedy. With notebooks, calendars, to-do lists, fractured pieces of the past, and her father’s support, Claire makes it through each day, hour by hour, with relative confidence. She also has a close-knit community of friends in the remote Alaskan town where she teaches guitar to the local children. It’s there, in the reminders.

As determined as Claire is to regain all that’s disappeared, she’d prefer to live without some memories of her before life—especially those of her mother, Alice, who abandoned her, and Tate, the ex-boyfriend who broke her heart.

But when Alice and Tate return from the past, there’ll be so much more for Claire to relive. And to discover for the very first time. Through healing, forgiveness, and second chances, Claire may realize that what’s most important might not be re-creating the person she was, but embracing the possibilities of being the person she is.

My Review

I actually finished reading this book about a month ago but just haven't gotten around to writing my review until now. Not because I was fully busy as I am but also because as I thought back on this book; I realized that I really could not remember a lot of what happened in the book. This is because for me I did not establish a strong connection towards the characters; which in turn caused my reading experience to be more like me going through the motions instead of comprehending the story and having it envelop me. Like Claire's memories, I forgot most of what I was reading. Everyone kind of just drifted away from me. You can say this book was not for me.