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Did I Ever Tell You
Did I Ever Tell You: A Memoir | Genevieve Kingston
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Based on her Modern Love piece (She Put her Unspent Love in a Cardboard Box), this extraordinary memoir tells the astonishing story of a mothers last gifts to her daughter, and the wisdom and love she bestowed upon her from beyond the grave. Genevieve (Gwen) Kingstons mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer when Gwen was just three years old. Defying the odds, she lived another eight yearsduring which time she filled a chest with gifts and letters to Gwen and her brother, Jamie, for every major milestone and birthday through age thirty. The day Gwen got her drivers license. The day she graduated from high school. Gwen is now in her thirties and, when Did I Ever Tell You? begins, three unopened boxes remain: engagement, marriage, and first baby. Two decades after her passing, Gwen's mother's extraordinary efforts created a lifelong conversation beyond the grave. Did I Ever Tell You? is Crying in H Mart meets The Bright Hour by Nina Riggs. This is not just a gorgeously written mother-daughter story. Its also the story of a family riven by grief and mental illness, and a story of a young womans navigation through both. Its a book about family and legacy; and it's one that emphatically declares, as Gwen mother does in a particularly powerful letter, that Love is stronger than death.
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Lesliereadsalot
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So happy I finally got to this memoir narrated by a daughter whose mother died young and left her gifts and letters to open on birthdays and special occasions for many years in the future. As the years go by and she gets to know her mother, you see her living her life and overcoming losing her mom at such a young age. I had tears in my eyes many times and I loved the author‘s resilience.

@Amor4Libros

Amor4Libros Yay! I loved, loved this one! ❤️ 3w
Lesliereadsalot Thanks so much for recommending! 🩷 @Amor4Libros 3w
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Night_Reader
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5/5 🌟

A heartwrenching story of a mother‘s love as she faces terminal cancer, leaving letters and gifts for her children to guide them through life‘s milestones. Profoundly moving and beautiful.

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Amor4Libros
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This was one of the most heartbreaking but at the same time the most beautiful memoir I‘ve ever read.

I‘m sobbing…

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Amor4Libros
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Current audiobook…I know this is going to wreck me…

TheBookHippie I SOBBED I read the ARC last January it was a 5 star read for me. 3mo
Amor4Libros @TheBookHippie Oh man…I‘m ready, I guess 😥 3mo
Lesliereadsalot Have had this one on hold at the library forever! Maybe it‘s time to get to it. 3mo
Amor4Libros @Lesliereadsalot I hope you get to it soon, can‘t wait to see what you think! 3mo
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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This is heartbreaking 💔 probably not the best time for me to be listening to it 💔

AnnCrystal 🫂💝💝💝. 3mo
willaful *hug* 3mo
TheBookgeekFrau 🫂❤️ 3mo
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Eggs
Did I Ever Tell You: A Memoir | Genevieve Kingston
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Only in winter (or January for Texas): Baileys on ice

☝️

#two4tuesday @TheSpineView

Play? @AmyG @DieAReader @IndoorDame

TheSpineView Thanks for playing 7mo
DieAReader ❤️‍🔥Thanks for the tag! 7mo
dabbe And in coffee for morning reading! 🩶🖤🩶 7mo
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Eggs @dabbe hmmm Baileys in the morning?!? You ARE trouble 😂😂😂 That said, I‘d absolutely do it hahaha 🩷🩷🩷 7mo
Eggs @TheSpineView YW❣️ 7mo
Eggs @DieAReader YW🥰 7mo
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Eggs
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“Love is stronger than death. I will always be a part of you.”

#based on true story

#aboutabook

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I have this saved on hoopla! 8mo
Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks This was a BOTM audio 8mo
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MonicaLoves2Read
Did I Ever Tell You: A Memoir | Genevieve Kingston
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I kept falling asleep on this book. It's not keeping my attention, so I am bailing on it.

dabbe #hailthebail! 🤩🤩🤩 11mo
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jlhammar
Did I Ever Tell You: A Memoir | Genevieve Kingston
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Beautiful and extremely moving. Have tissues handy! 😭 #BOTM

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Eggs
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Beautiful, honest, heartfelt - Kingston was 11 yo when her mom passed on from cancer‘s ravages. But before she got too sick, her mom made videos for her and her brother Jamie. She also made memory boxes with letters for them to open on birthdays, graduations, marriages, and babies. I kept thinking ‘I wish my mom or dad had done that for me…‘

#LitsyLove
#ReadAway2024

Andrew65 Brilliant 👏👏👏 11mo
kspenmoll What a beautiful idea❤️ 11mo
Eggs @kspenmoll I wrote letters like these for my girls and grands one year in my 60s-you can‘t predict how long you‘ll live 🤷‍♀️ 11mo
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Eggs @Andrew65 Thank you❣️ 11mo
DieAReader 🥳❤️‍🔥Excellent! 11mo
Eggs @DieAReader 🙌🏻💗👏🏻 11mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💔💔💔 11mo
Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️💔❤️ 11mo
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jlhammar
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Blue box day! Went a little crazy this month with five picks. #BOTM