Review: My Heart Remembers

My Heart Remembers by Kim Vogel Sawyer
My rating: 💛💛💛💛💛

Going into this book, I know a lot of my Goodreads friends had recommended this book and rated it high, so I had high hopes, like every other Kim Vogel Sawyer book I have read. This story was filled with so many emotions, so keep the tissues close.

The opening scenes was heart-breaking, and I was surprised with Maelle's story, because I feared it was going to be different. Mattie's story was very different to what I expected, but perfect for the plot of fighting for orphans everyone wants to forget. Isabella was the character I felt went through the biggest character growth of all three siblings. The supporting male characters in Maelle and Isabella's life was strong.

There was a lot of times where I feared that there would not have been happy endings. You will just have to read this story to see what happened.

I listened to the audiobook and the narrator was engaging and did a brilliant job with the Irish accents. If you prefer audiobooks, I highly recommend this one.

All fans of Kim Vogel Sawyer and Historical fiction should pick up this one.

*I listened to this on Scribd.*

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About the book:

United by blood, divided by time, will three orphan train siblings ever find one another again?

Orphaned in a tenement fire, three Irish-immigrant children are sent to Missouri to be adopted. Despite eight-year-old Maelle's desperate attempts to keep her siblings together, each child is taken by a different family. Yet Maelle vows that she will never stop searching for her brother and sister... and that they will be together one day in the future. Seventeen years later, Maelle is still searching. But the years have washed away her hope... and her memories. What are Mattie and Molly doing now? Where has life taken them? Will she ever see her brother and sister again?

About the author:

Award-winning, bestselling author Kim Vogel Sawyer told her kindergarten teacher that someday people would check out her book in the library. The little-girl dream came true in 2006 with the release of Waiting for Summer's Return. Kim's titles now exceed 1.5 million copies and are available in six different languages. A former elementary school teacher, she now enjoys a full-time writing and speaking ministry. Kim's passion lies in writing stories that point the reader to a deeper, more intimate relationship with God. When Kim isn't writing, you'll find her traveling with her retired military hubby, spoiling her granddarlings, petting the cats, quilting, or--as time allows--participating in community theater. You can learn more about Kim's writing and speaking ministries at her website, KimVogelSawyer.com.