What We Keep

Digital audiobook performed by Stephanie Roberts. Do we ever really know our parents? Would we still love them if we did? Could we forgive them their mistakes? The novel opens with Ginny Young on a plane, flying cross-country to see her mother, whom she hasn’t seen in thirty-five years. She thinks bac......more

There were aspects I liked and aspects I didn't. Maybe I felt bitter, coming off of some hard publishing house rejections for my own novel. But I kept wondering, "Is this what passes for good writing these days?" It's not that suspenseful of a plot, the writing isn't that amazing; I think the main f......more

I really enjoy Elizabeth Berg. Again, in this novel, she makes me care deeply about the character and empathize and hurt and laugh with the character. No matter what age her character is, she makes them relatable to me. In this case, the narrative is largely seen through the eyes of a 12 year old wh......more

Ginny and Sharla Young were young teenagers growing up in the 1950's when their mother makes a choice that will change their lives forever. 35 years later they are flying to meet each other and their mother, and as the book moves back and forth in time between the girls they were and the women they......more

Elizabeth Berg is my go to author when I need a break from non-fiction. Her stories and characters are familiar and often in sync with my own life. In "What We Keep" she presents a family coping with a mother struggling with her role as a woman in a time when few options to be herself exist. The tol......more