Love Water Memory

Love Water Memory is, in some aspects, a coming-of-age story. Grady must learn to deal with his past, namely the death of his father and subsequent abandonment issues, as well as general complacency and desire to avoid confrontation of any kind. Lucie can't remember her past, not her immediate past or her childhood, so she's constantly searching for clues into who she is and where she came from. All Grady can tell her is that her parents are deceased and she hasn't had any contact with her sole surviving family member, an aunt. Neither Grady nor Lucie really like the answers they discover, but they realize they need to learn from the past so that they can move forward. I rather enjoyed reading about Grady and Lucie as they discovered who they really are and what they want, not just from each other but from themselves and life. Lucie’s search for clues to her past also helps to reunite her with the only family she still has, her aunt Helen Ten Hands. Ms. Shortridge does a wonderful job in describing Lucie's dissociative fugue state and developing the back story to explain it all. I found Love Water Memory to be a wonderful contemporary fiction read with just the right amount of romance. If you're looking for a great read, then look no further . . . add Love Water Memory to your Spring TBR pile.