Judy H. (hart2hart) reviewed on 1/16/2007 + 711 more book reviews

What We Keep is about ties that are buried but not broken, wounds that are dressed but never heal, and love that changes form but somehow survives...Ginny Young crosses the country for a reluctant reunion with the mother she has not seen in 35 years. During the long hours of her flight, she returns in memory to the summer when she turned 12 and her family turned inside out...Berg's tender depiction of a young girl's view of the world is uncanny and gives this story its heart. She captures perfectly what it was like to grow up in the 50s, presenting it like a long-forgotten, but still sharp photograph....What We Keep will touch you. It will allow you, for a few hours, to see the world through the eyes of a 12-year-old and feel in your adult heart the stubborn endurance of love.

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