Review: Emotionally Grueling Tale of Love, Loss and Hope
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 16, 2014
A beautiful and rare time away from the responsibilities of running a financial empire and always being front page gossip news ends in disaster and the pain of losing the love of your life to amnesia. Both Jeremy and Bea become the victims of Bea’s memory loss. Eight years of her life are wiped out in an instant. She cannot remember her husband, their shared fairytale romance and devotion to each other. The last thing she can remember is being an outspoken seventeen-year-old, not the woman and wife she has become to a young billionaire. Can you imagine the chaos going on within to look at the man you have shared everything with and not even recognize the goodness within this powerful person? Can you imagine watching the woman who is your best friend, who you would give your life for, looking at you with suspicion, and sometimes distaste, but never with the eyes that always let you know you were her world?Needing to find herself and try to heal, Bea cannot be around Jeremy, resents his money and insists on moving on with her life, desperate to find the missing years, but willing to accept that she may never achieve that feat. The torment each feels, the experience each goes through, the pain they inflict, unintentionally on each other will rip your heart out. Is there a point when one or both will give up on ever re-kindling what they had? Will they each find a solution to end their struggles?Remember Our Song by Emma South is anything but a typical romance, it has a soul that is almost tangible to the touch. Ms. South has gone far beyond the norm by exposing the inner turmoil that Bea is feeling, everything from fear to loss to regret and even resentment. Why her? How will she start over? How will she cope with losing so much when she doesn’t even know what it is? As far as Jeremy, he is almost dream-like for much of this tale, never fully fleshed out until closer to the end when he becomes so painfully human and vulnerable. The satellite characters range from quirky to sweet and fill their roles so well. With touches of humor, love and determination that builds to the final scenes, I admit, my heart was racing, not knowing what to expect as the last pages unfolded. I actually had to re-read a few before I would allow myself to continue to the last page. Do yourself a favor, pick Remember Our Song and feel what I felt when I put myself in both Bea and Jeremy’s shoes.