The Memory garden

Reviewed by:

Ceil Carey, retired public librarian and long time book discussion leader

Title:

The memory garden (The Dahlia Series Book One)

Author:

Jessica Brodie

Publisher:

Valor Publishing Group

Date:

May 6, 2025

Format:

Paperbaack

Length:

366 pages

Overview:

Author Jessica Brodie has won and been nominated for many awards for this excellent book. It’s about desperation and humiliation yet love and mercy and grace.

Rebecca Chastain had never entertained ideas of returning to Dahlia, South Carolina. But when she longer has a job or a fiancé, there might just be no other place to turn to. In her previous life, Rebecca had been a big city journalist but now is reduced to a newspaper job in her grandmother’s hometown of Dahlia. The only redeeming quality is connecting with Josh, a childhood friend. But there is also Devon, a young boy who is taking care of his Memaw. Being the journalist that she is, Rebecca is sure those eyes of his are hiding something, perhaps stories too horrible to repeat. He has grabbed at Rebecca’s heart.

Rating:

5 out of 5

Suggested audience:

Particularly fans of contemporary fiction

Christian impact:

Faith is tested in the characters of The memory garden and hope is something real to cling to.

Also includes:

-about the author

-book club discussion questions

-acknowledgements

-excerpt from book 2 of this series

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