A wonderful book with tragic situations. Cancer is not something easy to deal with. This book did a wonderful job writing about the family that surrounds it.

Thanks to the author, publisher and Net Galley for an early release if this book.

Truly a beautiful heartfelt story of survival for a family. They are each going through Post Traumatic Stress and each learning to cope and move forward as a unit together.
Mom- Amy has had surgery, and then another, and then chemotherapy to stay alive. She needs to figure out her "New Norm".
Amy's husband, Paul has lived through a tragedy when the Oklahoma bombings took place and he was working there amongst the remains. He has "checked out" within his family in so many ways.
Their daughter, Carly, is angry. What if her Mom dies? What if she too gets this disease? Who can she confide in to help her?
This is their story and it is amazing!
My very favorite characters are Great Aunt Rae and T..Rex!

This family journey is definitely a soul searching novel for anyone. I loved it!

When life for the entire universe and planet turns on its end and like everyone else you "have nothing to do" while your place of work is closed and you are continuing to be in #COVID19 #socialisolation,  superspeed readers like me can read 250+ pages/hour, so yes, I have read the book … and many more today. And it is way too hot to go outside, so why not sit in from of the blasting a/c and read and review books??  BTW - stay home and save lives!!!!!!!! No tan is worth dying for.

I requested and received a temporary digital Advance Reader Copy of this book from #NetGalley, the publisher and the author in exchange for an honest review.  

From the publisher, as I do not repeat the contents or story of books in reviews, I let them do it as they do it better than I do 😸.

In Kaya McLaren's What's Worth Keeping, during one unforgettable summer, three generations of one family receive the best gift of all time: a second chance...

The day her doctor says the one word that no one wants to hear, Amy Bergstrom discovers a secret that her husband of 25 years has been keeping from her. Now that the months of treatment and surgeries are behind her, she escapes her claustrophobic life seeking healing, peace and clarity in an ancient forest in Washington State, a forest that holds memories of her childhood summers.

After dropping off his daughter at Amy’s Aunt Rae’s horse ranch in the mountains of New Mexico, Officer Paul Bergstrom visits the fixer-upper he had bought years ago as a place to retire with his family. Although it appears fine on the outside, the inside is a disaster—just like his marriage. When he finds himself with more off-duty time than he expected, he lovingly repairs his dream home, building the future he so desperately wants.

Witnessing her mother’s health crisis had been terrifying enough, but learning the cause was genetic leaves Amy's daughter Carly with the sense that all of her dreams are pointless. With the help of her eccentric great aunt and a Clydesdale named T. Rex, Carly just may find her faith in her future again.

Amy, Paul, and Carly discover that love and family are worth keeping in this powerful, emotional, and hopeful novel.

This was an enjoyable read, but it was just middle of the road for me - it was not exciting or engrossing and it does not have a storyline or characters that are engaging that I will remember, say, next week much less in 5-6 months when it is released. It is innocuous and inoffensive so if you just want a read that won't challenge you, this is the book for you. 

P.S. I need to say one thing, though .. I am SICK of books with women's backs on them as they look away, walk away or drive away.  Ditto male detectives/cops running away from someone or to a crime. Please get more creative, publishers. 

As always, I try to find a reason to not rate with stars as I love emojis (outside of their incessant use by "🙏-ed Social Influencer Millennials/#BachelorNation survivors/Tik-Tok and YouTube  Millionaires/etc. " on Instagram and Twitter... Get a real job, people!) so let's give it 2.5 rounded up to 🐶🐶🐶

What’s Worth Keeping is a heartwarming book of a family dealing with the mother’s cancer.
Kaya McLaren wrote this story from each family members poignant point of view.
This is such a heart touching story that I pretty much cried most of the way through the book.
This is a solid 5+ stars.