false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188572665m/1803209.jpg 1803209 5 Embroidery is the central metaphor in Laura Hendrie's absorbing and offbeat first novel, <I>Remember Me</I> (functioning much as quilting does in Whitney Otto's <I>How to Make an American Quilt</I>). The title is taken from an old American sampler: "When this you see, Remember me," and each chapter begins with an aphorism from an antique sampler. The book's eccentric heroine, 29-year-old Rose Devonic, often expresses herself in Nouveau Sampler: "Let go of where you belong and who you belong with and you're lost," she claims. But Rose is an outcast in her hometown, Queduro, New Mexico--"nothing more than a few dozen Spanish, English and Anglo families who know each other too well--three bicycles, one tractor, five horses, no church, no school, no paved roads..." Though she has lived here all her life, the locals have never accepted her. "She wouldn't go to church, she didn't wear clean clothes or brush her hair, she borrowed money and gave away gifts and napped in public..." More important, Rose doesn't show the proper dedication and respect to the craft of embroidery.<p> In Queduro, needlework is God, especially to the "inheritance embroiderers," who own patterns handed down for generations, for which tourists will pay up to "twenty grand a pop." Rose is too ornery, and too damaged by paralyzing tragedy in her past, to toe the line. She fights off help from handsome, kind Sheriff Frank Doby, who has loved her since childhood, but has his own crosses to bear. Alive with remarkable characters, surprising plot twists, and laugh-out-loud humor, in a voice that speaks straight from the heart, <I>Remember Me</I> illuminates an uncommon young woman's struggle to survive on her own terms, to let herself love and be loved, and finally to confront the demons that haunt her. <I>--Laura Mirsky</I> 1802395 1999 Remember Me: A Novel total:17|4:6|3:7|2:4| 17 53 41 2 2 0 false false Mon Sep 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 13:51:49 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 18:51:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Apr 11 16:24:51 -0700 2007 Wed Apr 11 16:26:52 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Sep 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 07 17:48:13 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 17:49:25 -0700 2009 1 0 0 false false Tue Sep 08 16:07:53 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 16:07:53 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Aug 27 20:12:33 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 20:12:33 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Aug 21 14:30:22 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 14:30:22 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Aug 18 20:07:06 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 20:07:16 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Aug 12 05:57:23 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 05:57:28 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Aug 07 08:22:50 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 08:22:50 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jun 16 08:53:47 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 08:53:47 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jun 15 13:15:28 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 13:15:39 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Thu May 28 10:48:22 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 10:48:22 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sun Apr 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 12:48:50 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 13:51:26 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Apr 07 13:41:41 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 13:41:41 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Apr 06 19:46:55 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 19:46:55 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jan 28 13:47:14 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 13:47:14 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jan 17 18:49:20 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 18:49:23 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jan 10 07:43:09 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 07:43:11 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 09:48:40 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 09:48:59 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Thu Dec 04 17:38:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 09:05:01 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 17:38:00 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1803209