Of Time and Memory, Don J. Snyder
Of Time and Memory, Don J. Snyder
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Of Time and Memory
My Parents' Love Story

Author: Don J. Snyder

Narrator: Brian Keeler

Unabridged: 8 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/17/2026


Synopsis

Let us hope that we are all preceded in this world by a love story, writes Don J. Snyder near the beginning of this powerful book. In tracing the love story that preceded his own life, Snyder creates an unforgettable biography of a woman he never knew: his mother. The death of Snyder's 19-year-old mother only two weeks after his birth was such a painful experience for his father and grandparents that they rarely spoke of her as he grew up. But as his father begins to fail in health and memory, Snyder feels compelled to give him a gift: the unremembered romance between a skinny soldier and the prettiest girl in town. By retracing the steps of her youth, Snyder slowly unveils the love story between his mother and father--as well as the stunning secret that made her death so unbearable. Brian Keeler's moving narration gradually reveals the depth and dimensions that love can take.

About Don J. Snyder

Don J. Snyder is the acclaimed author of Fallen Angel - a recent Hallmark Hall of Fame movie - The Cliff Walk, Of Time and Memory, and the novel Night Crossing, among other works. A passionate golfer, he lives in Scarborough, Maine, with his wife and four children.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Judy on February 10, 2023

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

Goodreads review by Carolyn on September 26, 2017

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

Goodreads review by Kay on February 22, 2023

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

Goodreads review by Carol on May 21, 2012

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

Goodreads review by Paul on March 22, 2008

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