The Sweetness of Forgetting by Kristin Harmel

I was between books and a lady from church invited me to her book club!! "Yeah!!"  Anyway this is the book they are reading this month so I picked it up and read it.

This book was published August 7th, 2012.

"Hope McKenna-Smith, divorced mother of a surly not-quite-teenage girl, runs her family bakery on Cape Cod, but is starting to wonder what might have been. What if she hadn’t abandoned her dreams of law school? What if she hadn’t quit her job to raise her daughter? What if she hadn’t caught her husband cheating on her with a cliched blonde bimbo? When her aging grandmother, Rose, summons her to hear a long-held secret, Hope finally has the opportunity to stop thinking “what if?” and start thinking “what now?”

Rose’s memory is ebbing rapidly due to the onset of Alzheimer’s, and she knows she doesn’t have much time left to tell Hope the truth about a secret she’s kept for seventy years. Giving Hope nothing but a list of names, Rose sends her on a journey of discovery that takes Hope to a synagogue and a mosque in Paris, to a history buried in the Holocaust, and to a long-lost love with secrets of his own."

I enjoyed this book from page one. It is well written, easy to read and I finished it in 2 days. - Not because it's short or easy to read but because I couldn't put it down.

  

It tackles the Holocaust, religion, Alzheimer's, and family. Then ties all together with baking. The book also includes recipes from a rich history including several different nationalities. Hope owns a bakery and it's easy to get hungry while reading! This is one book that I plan on trying out some of the recipes!! They sound delicious. - except for the one with figs and dates - not a fan! :)

I hate to say too much in this review because I don't want to give the surprises away but I do want to encourage you to read "The Sweetness of Forgetting."

 Kristin Harmel Web-site

http://kristinharmel.com/

"Kristin graduated summa cum laude from the University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications. She has lived in Paris, Los Angeles, New York, Boston and Miami and now resides primarily in Orlando, Fla."

I encourage you to go to her web site.

I highly recommend this book.

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