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AboutForgive and Remember
Secrets, lies, and discoveries. . .three generations…love endures.
Asher George joined the Navy after his father arranged the marriage of Mariam, the girl he loved, to his cousin in Iraq. Angry and heartbroken, he had no intention of ever calling Bloomington Hills home again, but when a tragic car crash kills his brother and sister-in-law, he becomes a guardian of three grief-stricken children. He quickly discovers that raising children is harder than it seems, and despite not wanting anything to do with Mariam, she quickly becomes his sounding board.
Mariam Shammas survived a strict Chaldean Catholic upbringing, a forced marriage, a sick husband, and the responsibility of raising a daughter virtually on her own. As her daughter Tamara’s college graduation approaches, she is finally free to create her own path. Yet, when tragedy brings home the only man she has ever loved, Mariam learns that their one indiscretion as teenagers has profound, pervasive consequences.
Tamara George has been in love with the boy next door for most of her life, but when they finally take the next step in their secret relationship, a twist of fate quickly exposes her fears of commitment. When Tamara’s genetics class assignment drops the veil on her family tree, her mother, Mariam, must disclose the intimate details of her past and hope it’s enough to salvage her relationships with the people she loves most in the world.
Nuha Shammas allowed the Chaldean culture and her husband of fifty-five years, Manni, to control her family for their entire marriage. When misfortune strikes so close to home, threatening to tear her family apart, she’s forced to face the broken dynamics of her marriage and heavy guilt of ruining her daughter, Mariam’s life.
As secrets are revealed and missteps uncovered, can these tattered souls find a way to trust in their hearts and risk it all for love?
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About Reem Kashat
Reem has a bachelor’s degree in English and Creative Writing and co-manages a YouTube channel called Book Harlots. She is a first-generation Chaldean-American with a unique perspective on storytelling steeped in the cultural traditions of her upbringing. Growing up in a home with immigrant parents and navigating a strict Catholic and cultural background of a small Indigenous group from Iraq, her narrative voice is rich and unique. She speaks both Arabic and Chaldean in addition to English. She is a foodie with a huge extended family and loves highlighting those aspects in her work. She tends to describe herself as the perfect archetype for a heroine of a romcom – quirky, a little clumsy. and looking for the love of her life inside of a romance novel. Reem is a Potter-head, Supernatural fanatic, BDB Harlot, a Fashionista, and a believer in love at first sight.
You can find other stories by Reem under her other Pen name, Sage Spelling.