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busyreading's review against another edition
4.0
The Love That Remains by Susan Francis is a beautifully written memoir. Susan is one strong and very determined woman who spends countless years searching for her biological parents and trying to find answers about her past. During her journey, she crosses paths with a man named Wayne whom Susan believes is the love of her life, but is he?
I must admit I haven’t read many memoirs, but this one was so well written and very interesting. It’s one of those books that when you finish it you sit there for quite a while afterwards just processing what you’ve read. Susan Francis is a remarkable woman who has been through so much and I’m so pleased she was able to share her story with us. Recommended.
I must admit I haven’t read many memoirs, but this one was so well written and very interesting. It’s one of those books that when you finish it you sit there for quite a while afterwards just processing what you’ve read. Susan Francis is a remarkable woman who has been through so much and I’m so pleased she was able to share her story with us. Recommended.
keepingupwiththepenguins's review against another edition
4.0
Susan Francis’ self-declared “obsession” with writing about the truth began with her search for her biological parents. She was privately adopted as an infant, and with her adoptive mother declining in late-stage Alzheimer’s, she went searching for answers about her past. Along the way, she found Wayne, the love of her life. Don’t make any snap judgements or assumptions, though: the story that unfolds in The Love That Remains is not the one that you’d expect. The fine folks at Allen And Unwin were kind enough to send me a copy for review.
These events – finding and meeting her birth parents (“Finding My Past”), and finding and meeting Wayne (“Finding Love”) – unfold in the first two parts of the book. The third part (“Finding Myself”), is something different entirely. Francis is confronted with new truths that challenge everything she thought she knew about the man she married. She’s forced to confront uncomfortable questions: how well can we ever really know a person? Where are love’s bounds? Should we seek out our past to find peace, or focus on the present? The Love That Remains will be a great late-summer read for any fan of Liz Gilbert’s memoirs, with an interest in the big Ls (love, loss, and lies).
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These events – finding and meeting her birth parents (“Finding My Past”), and finding and meeting Wayne (“Finding Love”) – unfold in the first two parts of the book. The third part (“Finding Myself”), is something different entirely. Francis is confronted with new truths that challenge everything she thought she knew about the man she married. She’s forced to confront uncomfortable questions: how well can we ever really know a person? Where are love’s bounds? Should we seek out our past to find peace, or focus on the present? The Love That Remains will be a great late-summer read for any fan of Liz Gilbert’s memoirs, with an interest in the big Ls (love, loss, and lies).
An extended review will be available to subscribers at .
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