Things Worth Remembering

Another great book by Jackina Stark!! This book gripped me from the first page.I wanted to stretch it out and savor the characters, but I couldn't put it down. I finished it in two days! It is unlike any other book I have ever read. I absolutely loved it!! Jackina's style is fresh and creative and honest. This book made me want to be a better wife, mom and friend.

Things Worth Remembering by Jackina Stark is another beautifully written, poignant novel by the author. For the first thirteen years of Maisy Laswell's life, she and her mother, Kendy, were connected at the heart, with a relationship most mothers and daughters would love to have. After witnessing something the summer she turned thirteen, their bond is shattered and now nine years later as Maisy prepares for her wedding, their distance is only accentuated. Stark has a unusual talent for creating multi-layered characters were unexpected depth. Both Kendy and Maisy are equally sympathetic, and the reader can't help but ache for both of them, as well as be inspired to take a closer look at their own relationships. There's a powerful message about forgiveness and redemption; the longer we hold on to anger and hurt, the more power it gains over us, eating away at the very soul. I dare the reader to make it through the final chapter without crying! Stark is definitely a new author to watch; she only seems to get better with each book.

Jackina Stark does it again! This is a wonderful story of love and forgiveness. It's not an easy road, but it's one most of us have to face at one time or another. Maisy and Kendy Laswell are wonderful characters, human, real. Lose yourself in the lines of this book, find a quiet spot on a bench swing in the shade and enjoy! Thank you, Jackina!

Jackina Stark has a wonderful and gentle way of telling a story to which we can all relate. She did it with her first novel, "Tender Grace", and she has outdone herself with this story. What family hasn't experienced mistakes that wound and seperate? I couldn't put this story down. It pictures so clearly how we must remember and forgive.

Loved this author's first book, "Tender Grace", so was pleasantly surprised when I found myself enjoying this one even more! Can't wait for the next one. This book is a beautiful story of generations, the mistakes and failures of each, and the need for each to understand and forgive the other. Women of all ages will find that it speaks very personally to them.