Thank you to Flatiron Books and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for a fair review. This book really hit home as my mom has been struggling with memory issues for several years now. While I am unable to take her on a trip such as Steph did I was able to relate to many of their conversations and struggles in our own relationship. Her words and feelings often hit home and I would stop reading just to imagine my mom and I in a similar situation. Her quotes were really amazing and spot on. Perhaps my only criticism is that the author often tends to spend more time on the philosophical stories than on the actual journey. I would have like more mother daughter conversations and observations, like more f the end,Ed’s questions that I am so familiar with in my own life with mom. Maybe more about the bear dreams. Other than that a relatable read but not sure anyone not going through it would find it as meaningful.

thank you to netgalley and Flatiron Books for providing me an ARC of this story.

Wow. I cannot even begin to explain this book. It was beautiful, heart wrenching, and heart warming all at the same time.

An exploration into generational understanding and care dynamics between mother and child and how they shift through time. This memoir is full of sadness, beauty, discovery, and a journey to greater understanding of self. Steph's mother is battling dementia. Some days, she doesn't know where she is, who she is with, or what is happening. On this last trip, camping across the wilderness, Steph is determined to find a greater understanding of her mother - and ultimately herself.

It's an incredibly lovely read full of humor and love that anyone can relate to.

As a reader whose mother has had two strokes, I was particularly drawn to the premise of the book. Parts of my mother's personality are permanently altered and memories are difficult at times for her to retrieve. And so I was touched by the interaction between Jagger and her mother. I find Jagger to be adept at description, but at times I felt a bit submerged in imagery. Still, a sweet and touching book about the most complicated relationship of all---that between a daughter and her mother.

A story of a mother and daughter trying to gain time, before Alzheimer's erases all good memories.

Steph decides that she needs to take her mother on a road trip where they can bond and have a valuable time together, her mother's memory is losing any sharpness, Sometimes she remembers things, sometimes she doesn't even remember who is seating next to her but Steph is determined to take this time with her mother and try to build even new memories for the future.

A trip that will test their patients and love, a vacation that can change everything for them and finally reunite them even if is by glimpses and small moments but I'm sure Steph was very thankful for those moments, hiking, camping trailing something that can bring you so much peace of mind but at the same time move past thing inside of you that will bring back memories and things that were very deeply buried.

This was a good book, I really enjoy that Steps had this amazing idea of taking her mom somewhere they could be together and rebuild their lives.

I cried, I laugh and I felt very connected with some of the emotions Steph was feeling. I stay with the message of being thankful for having a mother, no matter the circumstances there is always Love hiding somewhere in every story, you just have to feel it.

Thanks to NetGalley and Flatiron Books for the advanced copy of Everything Left to Remember: My Mother, Our Memories, and a Journey Through the Rocky Mountains in exchange for my honest review.

I'm always interested in books regarding mothers and daughters but I found this book repetitive and overly descriptive. It was also a little confusing in the beginning, until I got used to the writing style. There were times I was puzzled and had to re-read to understand what the author was talking about.

I also didn't understand the build up to the adopted child. Was there a reason why this was so important and caused such anguish with no resolution? I realize it was traumatic but by how much it was brought up, I would have wondered if they did in fact meet the adopted son.

Many thanks for the opportunity to read the book.