Remember Me
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Publisher Description
From the Yukon to Seattle, the hope of a new beginning waits just around the corner.
Addie Bryant is haunted by her past of heartbreak and betrayal. After her beau, Isaac Hanson, left the Yukon, she made a vow to wait for him. When she's sold to a brothel owner after the death of her father, Addie manages to escape with the hope that she can forever hide her past and the belief that she will never have the future she's always dreamed of.
Years later, Addie has found peace in her new life as a photographer, training Camera Girls to operate and sell the Brownie camera. During the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Expo in Seattle, Addie is reunited with Isaac, but after the path her life has taken, she's afraid to expose the ugliness of her former life and to move toward the future they had pledged to each other.
When her past catches up with her, Addie must decide whether to run or to stay and face her wounds in order to embrace her life, her future, and her hope in God.
Customer Reviews
Great beginning to a new series!
From 1898-1902, Adeline (Addie) Bryant lived in the Yukon with her father and two brothers. They were abusive. When her father dies, her brothers sell her. Eventually, Addie is able to escape to Seattle where she sets up a nice modest life for herself.
Set at the the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle, Washington 1909, this story is a second chance romance amongst a past of sin and shame. Addie is reluctant to believe in a God who would allow such horrible things to happen to her. Peterson does a beautiful job navigating through the whys of abuse at the hands of others without including graphic details.
A misunderstanding of self worth, like that of Addie, is something that can hold us back and stifle our purpose. If we let it rule us, the sins and/or circumstances of our past can also take away our future. Here is a quote from the book:
“I can see now how often we go through things that we’d rather not—things not of our doing or choosing. But God has a plan in how those situations will change our hearts and grow us in Him.”
The spiritual arc of this story is evident as questions of trust, hurt and shame are confronted with the love and forgiveness of Jesus. This story brings about hope and redemption. A gift that just needs to be accepted.
This book is suitable for teens and older with no inappropriate intimate scenes and no bad language. I received this book from the author/publisher free of charge, with no expectation of a positive review.