I love this author and I loved this book. It kept me reading and I probably read it in a couple of days. Her characters are so interesting and leave me wanting to know more.

Karen White once again has written a wonderful story. Her books are always interlaced with family relationships, family secrets, and beautiful and descriptive settings. The Memory of Water is no exception. I think after reading just the first 20 pages I had a sense of living on the shore's edge and the lapping of the water was almost audible. There are 4 distinct characters in this book and it is divided among their individual thoughts and stories. It was a bit different flow than her other books, but I rather liked it. It gave me an opportunity to personally delve into the personalities of each one and be a part of their sorrow, fears and accomplishments. It is a story that continuously lures you to the water to unravel the mystery that happened 16 years ago that so affected the lives of once inseparable sisters. One sister remembers that night way too vividly while one has allowed time to wash away the memory in the manner in which the ebb and flow of the ocean's current can remove a footprint in the sand. But, alas, even the tide has a habit of returning bits of the seas's content back to us. Sometimes it just gets a little buried in the sand. Like the effects of an artist's hand, a picture is sometimes worth a thousand words - color this book worth the read.