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How We Remember

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Pub Date Sep 01 2019 | Archive Date Feb 15 2019


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Description

When Jo returns  home  after  her  mother’s  death,  she  is  shocked  to  learn  of  an  unexpected  inheritance, and  her  mother’s  diary.  Jo  thought  she  could  put  to  rest  her  darker  past  until  an  entry  implies  the  messy  aftermath  of  an  uncle’s  sexual  advances  towards  her  when  she  was  fifteen.  Like  the  diary,  Jo’s  memory  of  events  is  full  of  gaps,  but  one  thing  is  certain, she  will  never  regain  what  was  lost.  What  is  the  full  story  of  what  happened  between  Jo  and  her  uncle?  And  what  is  the  diary  not  telling  us  about Jo’s  mother’s  troubles  with  him?

How  We  Remember traces  the  effects  of  alcoholism,  mental  illness  and  abuse  on  one  Irish-Italian-American,  working-class  family.  As  Jo’s  first person  narrative  weaves  together  past  and  present  stories,  she  creates  a  portrait  of  her  family’s  life  and  her  own  as  she  faces  new  decisions  amidst  the  tragic  consequences of  mismanaged  grief.  

Full  of  moments  of  light  and  dark,  Monaco’s  debut  novel – set  during  a  week  that  anyone  would  dread  – provides  a  mesmeric  narrative  portraying  the  pain  of  grief,  the  tenuous  nature  of  memory  and  the  earth  shattering  effect  that  the  death  of  the  ‘glue’  of  a  family  can  cause.  

When Jo returns home after her mother’s death, she is shocked to learn of an unexpected inheritance, and her mother’s diary. Jo thought she could put to rest her...


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