{"id":2884,"date":"2020-11-24T16:43:17","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T00:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kimneville.com\/?p=2884"},"modified":"2021-01-28T11:33:49","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T19:33:49","slug":"the-memory-collectors-raves-and-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kimneville.com\/?p=2884","title":{"rendered":"The Memory Collectors &#8211; Raves and Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reviews of The Memory Collectors are starting to come in and it&#8217;s both exciting and terrifying. I&#8217;m especially delighted to share these recent endorsements from several wonderful authors. It means a lot to me that each of them took the time to read my book, and to provide such glowing praise. One thing I love about all of these quotes is that they give an additional sense of some of the dark and tangled themes I tackle in the book, so if you&#8217;re curious to learn more about it, do have a look:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2887 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kimneville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FIQK6665-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"422\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.kimneville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FIQK6665-240x300.jpg 240w, http:\/\/www.kimneville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FIQK6665-819x1024.jpg 819w, http:\/\/www.kimneville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FIQK6665-768x960.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.kimneville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FIQK6665-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, http:\/\/www.kimneville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FIQK6665-1639x2048.jpg 1639w, http:\/\/www.kimneville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FIQK6665-1140x1425.jpg 1140w, http:\/\/www.kimneville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FIQK6665-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\u201cIn&nbsp;<em>The Memory Collectors<\/em>, Neville creates a richly imagined world that seamlessly merges the magical with the everyday. Her characters will feel very real to anyone who has sensed the haunting power in objects and places that awaken deep emotions from their past. This inventive debut is a hopeful tale about the possibility of recovery after childhood trauma, and about learning how to trust and forgive\u2014especially oneself. I guarantee you will never feel the same about that box of keepsakes stored in your attic after you read this book.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><cite>\u2013 Glendy Vanderah, Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Where the Forest Meets the Stars<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\u201cAn old, horrifying crime; objects imprinted with emotions; two women hiding from their dark pasts\u2014<em>The Memory Collectors<\/em>&nbsp;is thought-provoking and suspenseful, full of haunting secrets, twists, and turns. Kim Neville\u2019s beautifully-written debut lays bare the immense power of memories and how they can both hurt us . . . and heal us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><cite>\u2013 Heather Webber, USA Today bestselling author of Midnight at the Blackbird Caf\u00e9 and South of the Buttonwood Tree<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\u201cIn this atmospheric and beautifully written novel, Neville weaves for us a world in which ordinary objects retain the imprint of strong emotions and influence the moods and actions of the people they touch. By turns heartbreaking, terrifying, and beautiful,&nbsp;<em>The Memory Collectors<\/em>&nbsp;is ultimately a triumphant tale of redemption and forgiveness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><cite>\u2013 Kerry Anne King, bestselling author of Everything You Are and Whisper Me This<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\u201cAn unforgettable parable about empathy, memory, and healing that builds to a heart-pulsing crescendo. Not only is&nbsp;<em>The Memory Collectors<\/em>&nbsp;an exquisite exploration of the ways family secrets bind us to the past, it\u2019s also one of the most magical novels I\u2019ve read in a long time. An extraordinary debut.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><cite>\u2013 Kris Waldherr, author of The Lost History of Dreams<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reviews of The Memory Collectors are starting to come in and it&#8217;s both exciting and terrifying. I&#8217;m especially delighted to share these recent endorsements from several wonderful authors. It means a lot to me that each of them took the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-publishing","clearfix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kimneville.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kimneville.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kimneville.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kimneville.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kimneville.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2884"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/www.kimneville.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3059,"href":"http:\/\/www.kimneville.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2884\/revisions\/3059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kimneville.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kimneville.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kimneville.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}