Of Time and Memory
My Parents' Love Story

Don Snyder sets out to learn about the woman who birthed him and his twin brother. Synder refers to her as his mother in this book, although I believe the "mothering" he received growing up came at the hands of his father's second wife. I certainly won't hold this against him. His mother is an enigm......more

As I finished this book, I became angry at Don Snyder's mother. She chose to give up her life in order that her child might live. I am sure it was a difficult decision, but I feel she should have given her husband and her parents a chance to help her decide. As it turns out, she had twins.................more

This title took right at three weeks to finish so there were some days that moved more slowly than others. It’s a sad story, one in which the writer takes a year to drive back and forth from his home in Maine to Pennsylvania where he and his twin brother were born and then lost their mother sixteen d......more

A serendipitous pick at the library. Just browsing the shelves and found this book...just weeks before celebrating my son's 38th birthday. Other ironies: I'm the same age as the author and I was diagnosed with toxemia when pregnant with my son. Unlike the author's mother, I had a good outcome. Both......more

Some authors write books to have written them--their product is the end result. In this book, the writing was Snyder's recording of the end result--his giving meaning to the mother he lost. That being said, the sentimental value alone is not reason enough to read it; sentiment is fine, but it's Snyde......more