Memory Board
Jane Rule
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Ebook in EPUB format. Available for immediate download after we receive your order
Publisher:
Open Road Media
Open Road Media
DRM:
Watermark
Watermark
Publication Year:
2013
2013
ISBN-13:
9781480429475
Description:
<DIV><b>Memory—and the tenuousness of life—is the theme of this deeply moving novel by Jane Rule </b></div><DIV><BR>When the novel opens, Diana’s twin brother, David, a widower in his mid-sixties, is looking back on his life. As memories swamp him, he decides to take a critical step: to beg for his sister’s forgiveness.</div><DIV> </div><DIV>Diana has never met David’s two daughters. She has no idea how many grandchildren he has. David doesn’t know Diana’s longtime lover, Constance, housebound by advancing memory loss and for whom Diana writes the day’s events on an erasable board to help her keep track of a life that’s slipping away. Estranged for nearly forty years, David appears at Diana’s dinner table, throwing her life into turmoil. But as she and her brother begin to rediscover each other, they both find the strength to move on with their lives.</div><DIV> </div><DIV>Told in Diana and David’s alternating points of view, <i>Memory Board </i>makes a powerful case for living in the present and making every moment count.</div>