I especially loved that the characters were honest and communicated really well with each other. It was important and played a big role in the overarching story, but it just progressed so organically, unfolded so realistically, that I really enjoyed it. It never overtook the story or became a major focus.
I’m not a big romance reader, so I really appreciated that the romance in this novel wasn’t overpowering. It was about these friends finding the courage to go back to what made them happy, the things they’re good at, the things they love in order to be truer to themselves and find happiness in their thirties. But this story perfectly encapsulated finding oneself again. She is surrounded by new and old friends, and they all have gotten away from the things they loved when they were young, when they thought they had their lives figured out. Hannah has, for the first time in years, gone back to Tennessee and is spending time with her parents and grandmother.
The thing I loved the best about this novel was that it focused on coming home in more than one sense. There were a few times when I thought Hannah spent more time with her love interest than with her hospitalized grandmother, but she seemed to be on a mission to heal as many lives and families as she could, so I found myself feeling quite forgiving.
I also really liked that the romance felt natural and never overpowered the rest of the story. I adored the focus on family and friends and of finding oneself again. The Memory Keeper is seriously one of the sweetest stories I’ve ever read. There are a number of problems, and Hannah is determined to make her grandmother happy, even if it means having to face difficult choices and maybe finding a new path in life. Hannah’s grandmother has been hospitalized, but is more concerned about the flower shop she’s had for years and insists Hannah fix it up. Once in Franklin, the three new friends head their separate ways, but have formed a firm bond they’ll need as their time in Franklin stretches on. After exhausting all of her options, Hannah takes an hours-long trip by car with two other souls headed the same way: Liam, a childhood friend, and Georgia, a woman hoping to find blood relatives. Until everything goes horribly wrong, including a call from her mother telling her to get home to Franklin, Tennessee immediately and a massive snowstorm and the truth about her boyfriend. Hannah is an art director for a magazine in NYC, but she’s off to Barbados with her boyfriend for her birthday. It was approached with a great deal of maturity and understanding and was perfectly woven into the story. This is also a very sweet romance that was gentle and tender.
But the story of family really stole my heart, and Hannah was absolutely amazing. This was an incredibly lovely story about going back home to find yourself both changed and unchanged. I loved how mature the characters were, how close to friends and family they were. The Memory Keeper was such a sweet story! Everything about it was gentle and beautiful. One Sentence Summary: When her grandmother is hospitalized, Hannah tries to rush home to Tennessee, but a snowstorm has her driving alongside old friend Liam and new friend Georgia to help her grandmother and her flower shop.
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