Smucker

I've never read a book like this before. While Paul was writing in first person, he was also directing it to Pearl. A few chapters were her first person accounts while she went out for the woman. Being that it was supposed to be Christian fiction, I thought the woman might turn out to be an angel like in "Touched by an Angel," but she was more ghost like. Although the author writes well, I probably won't seek him out again.

This was a different kind of read for me and questions death, reality, perception and the way we view others. Given diagnosis no one ever want to hear, Paul decides he needs to make some plans and changes for his granddaughter and heads back to a place from his past where things take an unexpected turn. Now grappling with whether he made the right decisions and how to handle Pearl, he must now question everything he knew and the decisions he has made. This novel was an interesting concept.

I found "The Weight of Memory" to be a well written and emotional read. The connection between the ailing grandfather and his young granddaughter, Pearl, was poignant but foreshadowed the ending. That’s probably why it took me so long to finish this read. I’m more of a happy ending type of reader.