This tale -- not publishing until July 2023 -- has so many similarities to a book I reviewed on 2/14/2022, that I cannot recommend it.

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC. Opinions are mine.

Synopsis (It's a fiction book, so it helps…from Netgalley, the provider of the book for me to review.)
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Two sisters fulfilling their grandfather’s dying wish uncover decades of secrets in a powerful novel about family, truth, and forgiveness.
Dallas, Dealey Plaza, 1963. Nineteen-year-old Mariah Byrne is following her dream of a career in photography. One moment she’s filled with joy and hope. In the next, the world―and Mariah’s life―is split into before and after. What follows, and the unconventional decisions Mariah makes, will affect her and her family forever.
Sixty years later, sisters Raine and Jessica grieve the death of their grandfather. For both his beloved grandgirls, Papa leaves behind a last wish and an unexpected key to their grandmother Mariah’s hope chest. Explore its contents, he writes, and follow where they lead. But what secrets can their family history possibly hold?
Raine and Jessica unite to piece together the mystery of a past they never knew existed. But facts can’t reveal the whole story. With Mariah’s memories fading, the sisters struggle to understand her choices before the truth disappears forever.

A wonderful novel combining history, family, and memories and how they can all affect our lives. We are slowly losing people who remember where they were when Kennedy was shot and this book is a way to live through someone who (fictionally) lived through it and how it affected their lives. (I cannot imagine having been there and seen it!)
Highly recommended for history buffs and lovers of family-based fiction.
#shortbutsweetreviews

Thanks to NetGalley and Lake Union for that he opportunity to read The Measure of Silence by Elizabeth Langston. The secrets run long and deep; the characters ate especially well drawn. A book that readers will remember.