Lindas Book Obsession Reviews “Remember to Eat and Other Stories” by Meryl Ain, SparkPress, January 20, 2025. On Tour with Suzy Approved Book Tours

Kudos to Meryl Ain, the Author of “Remember to Eat and Other Stories” for her emotional, heartfelt, and exceptional novel. I loved everything about this well written masterpiece , and thoughtfully told story. This is a memorable, thought-provoking, captivating and intriguing novel that was hard for me to put down, and I highly recommend this read for everyone. The author writes with empathy, creativity, experience, wit, humor about a multi-generational Jewish family, and shares the highs and lows of the times. This follows a Jewish family before World War Two, and goes to the present, and the author vividly discusses the relationships between mothers, daughters, sons, daughters-in law, grandparents, husbands, neighbors and friends. Also discussed is the importance of balancing careers and motherhood, and the discrepancies the roles of men and women. I appreciate how the author discusses antisemitism throughout this time period.

The characters are relatable, and could be anyone that you know. The “feel’ throughout the book is that there are poignant, sad, thoughtful moments, and also humorous moments with love and hope. As a dog lover, one of my favorite parts in the book, is when Marjorie’s son is getting married, and the daughter in law has become “Bridezilla”. Marjorie is a baby boomer, and the future daughter in law recommends a dress color that doesn’t suit Marjorie well, but she buys it. Meanwhile the mother in law to be buys a dress that will make her look wonderful in her favorite color.. Basically, Marjorie does everything she can, until her youngest daughter is left out of the wedding party. When Marjorie finds out that the dog will be walking down the aisle in a hand made custom outfit, Marjorie loses it.

When Marjorie is ready to give birth to twins, she calls her husband and tells him it is “time” It takes him an hour to get home instead of 10 minutes. He has stopped at a deli where he got “messy “ friend food and snack for himself. He explains in their courses, it was mentioned that the father make sure to eat to keep his energy up. Marjorie can’t believe that is the only thing that he took from the pre-natal courses.

This is one of my favorite books, and I love all of Meryl Ain’s stories. Again, be sure to read this amazing book! Happy Reading!