{"id":111647,"date":"2025-02-26T17:42:52","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T17:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/entertainment\/books\/the-language-of-remembering-neverimitate\/"},"modified":"2025-02-26T17:42:52","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T17:42:52","slug":"the-language-of-remembering-neverimitate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=111647","title":{"rendered":"The Language of Remembering \u00ab neverimitate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neverimitate.wordpress.com\/?attachment_id=46188\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-46188\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"46188\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/neverimitate.wordpress.com\/2025\/02\/25\/book-review-the-language-of-remembering\/remembering\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/neverimitate.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/remembering.png\" data-orig-size=\"207,280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Remembering\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/neverimitate.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/remembering.png?w=207\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/neverimitate.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/remembering.png?w=207\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46188\" src=\"https:\/\/neverimitate.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/remembering.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neverimitate.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/remembering.png 207w, https:\/\/neverimitate.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/remembering.png?w=111&amp;h=150 111w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cTo be in a moment completely, you think, like this, now, is the essence of living, and if only it could be taught, or if only you could learn it, like an alphabet, and repeat it over and over to music, so each moment that passes would be whole, and you could live it entirely, swallowing the sounds of it, the tastes and nuances of it, then you could stop whatever it is that draws you into the dredges of memory, taking you further and further away from now.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>The Language of Remembering<\/strong>, by Patrick Holloway, tells two interconnected stories set across distinct timelines. In the <em>Now<\/em>\u00a0we have a young man, Ois\u00edn, returning to his hometown in western Ireland after building a life for himself in Brazil. He brings with him a wife, Nina, and their young daughter, Ailish. They have chosen to move half way round the world, away from Nina\u2019s wider family, because Ois\u00edn\u2019s mother, Brigid, has early onset Alzheimer\u2019s and is deteriorating.<\/p>\n<p>The second story being told, <em>Then<\/em>, focuses on Brigid when a teenager. She is in the throws of first love with James, who is a talented soccer player and her school mate. The life Brigid dreams of \u2013 university and then work in academia \u2013 is thrown into turmoil when she realises she is pregnant. Abortion would mean a trip to England that is beyond her family\u2019s means. Carrying the baby will bring with it shame and condemnation from church and community.<\/p>\n<p>Chapters alternate between <em>Now<\/em> and <em>Then<\/em>\u00a0over the course of a couple of years. Ois\u00edn struggles with guilt, manifesting as something akin to dissociation. Nina can see he is struggling but has her own issues to contend with. She puts up with a great deal given her husband\u2019s selfish and furtive behaviour.<\/p>\n<p>Brigid worries that James will not stand by her, and is at times unsure if being with him is what she wants anyway. They are still children themselves and have little autonomy. In the village where they live their furious parents are as affected by their children\u2019s actions as they are.<\/p>\n<p>The threads show an Ireland through various lenses: church, state, community, music, language. The writing style is somehow both raw and lyrical. The lives being woven keep the reader invested. This is fine storytelling.<\/p>\n<p>The author depicts the effects of Alzheimer\u2019s with skill. Ois\u00edn comes across as weak \u2013 although he clearly suffered a particular trauma as a child \u2013 wanting now to do more for his mother but unable to face how she has changed. The main female characters across both timelines have more strength and depth. I would have liked more on how Nina felt about leaving Brazil but her loyalty and willingness to support her husband are made clear.<\/p>\n<p>None of this highlights fully what a pleasure this book was to read. In a time when holding attention can be challenging I was always eager to find out what happened next. Yet the stories are nothing like genre fiction \u2013 more typical page turners. Indeed, a couple of the characters enjoy that they know unusual and complex words in their conversation. This is depicted skilfully as eagerness to learn, to expand knowledge, rather than an affectation. It works within context, especially as a foil to Brigid\u2019s Alzheimer\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>Another literary treasure from the tiny powerhouse that is \u00e9poque press. A debut that has me eager to read whatever the author publishes next.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Language of Remembering is published by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epoquepress.com\/titles-the-language-of-remembering\">\u00e9poque press<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cTo be in a moment completely, you think, like this, now, is the essence of living, and if only it could be taught, or if only you could learn it, like an alphabet, and repeat it over and over to music, so each moment that passes would be whole, and you could live it entirely, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":111649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[3856,3888,16438],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-111647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books","tag-language","tag-neverimitate","tag-remembering"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - 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