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The Heart Remembers
Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. ~ Proverbs 3:3 (NIV) Forty years after meeting, falling in love with, and marrying Dust Off pilot Seth Martin then losing him when he’s declared MIA during the Vietnam War, Evangeline “Vangie” Martin decides it’s time to move on. After having him declared dead, she heads to a mountain resort for her fortieth high school reunion, hoping to reconnect with her high school sweetheart. But fate has other plans. The resort caretaker is none other than her Seth, but with no memory of his life before being shot down. When he refuses to acknowledge his true identity, Vangie must make a If she is to have the love she’s waited for so long, she must forget the past and accept Seth as he is now. But can she?
266 pages, Paperback
First published March 12, 2014
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September 24, 2014
You know, I'm not a huge fan of Vietnam war stories (Maybe because they hit too close to home), but I agreed to read and review this (if I liked it) because I love the lady who wrote it. (By the way--I got the book for free, but with no stipulation to write a positive review.) I hadn't gotten far into it before I was gulping back my astonishment at the quality of writing and the emotional contact of the story. I found myself sinking into the events, remembering the tales related by my friends, seeing and feeling what the characters saw and felt. Wow. Just "wow." On a scale of one to five, I'd give it a six!
Evangeline (Vangie) Martin met and married Seth Martin in Vietnam. Vangie was a nurse, Seth a helicopter pilot well known for going into too many bad situations to rescue hundreds of soldiers. The law of averages catches up, and two months after they marry Captain Martin is missing and presumed dead, even though his body is never found.
For forty years, Vangie insists that the War Department maintain his status as missing, but now she's wanting to go to her fortieth class reunion and maybe reconnect with an old high school sweetheart. The time has come to let go.
But at the reunion, her high school sweetheart's resort has a caretaker who has just the right shade of blue eyes, he's just an inch or two shorter than the same height, and he meets her with exactly the same phrase Seth had forty years before. Could it be possible?
Evangeline (Vangie) Martin met and married Seth Martin in Vietnam. Vangie was a nurse, Seth a helicopter pilot well known for going into too many bad situations to rescue hundreds of soldiers. The law of averages catches up, and two months after they marry Captain Martin is missing and presumed dead, even though his body is never found.
For forty years, Vangie insists that the War Department maintain his status as missing, but now she's wanting to go to her fortieth class reunion and maybe reconnect with an old high school sweetheart. The time has come to let go.
But at the reunion, her high school sweetheart's resort has a caretaker who has just the right shade of blue eyes, he's just an inch or two shorter than the same height, and he meets her with exactly the same phrase Seth had forty years before. Could it be possible?
March 31, 2014
Lieutenant Evangeline Blanchard starts her tour of duty in 'Nam as a naive young nurse interested only in serving her country. Dust Off pilot Seth Martin has many women chasing him, but he only wants to capture one heart. Months later Lieutenant Blanchard Martin returns home carrying Seth's baby and wondering if she'll ever see him again.
Michele Huey weaves an engaging story that will keep you guessing to the very end.
Michele Huey weaves an engaging story that will keep you guessing to the very end.
March 22, 2014
I really enjoyed this novel. I read it in one setting because I was so engrossed in the story. It is a beautiful love story and takes the reader on a wonderful and sometimes heartbreaking journey as the characters deal with the horrors of war during the Vietnam conflct and follow their paths to finding love. I certainly hope there will be other novels to follow by this author.
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March 29, 2014This is such an excellent book for romantics, folks from the Vietnam era, or those in the field of medicine. It is very well written and kept me wondering until the end if "they'd ever get together again." I recommend it for anyone in their teens and older.
September 16, 2014
This book grabbed me and I could not stop reading it. The historical things about the war were very interesting and the love story made me cry. LOVED it!
August 20, 2015
Wow!
What a enthralling story by a most talented writer. The authors retelling of the Vietnam era, is so surreal, I felt like I was there, I even covered my head and ducked as the bombs exploded. The story is filled with suspense, compassion, and inbounding love. I find myself, still wishing I was going home to read this book. It is hard to find another read that is so engrossing as this one. It is one that you do not want to miss. I highly recommend this book to everyone.
P.S. and what really hit home was the main character Evangeline, graduated High School the same year I did in '1967'. I know that has nothing to do with the book, but it made it so much more personal. Why? because I grew up in this era. I could relate.
My favorite quotes:
“‘ I am sick and tired of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell.’ Do you know who said that, Evangeline?” I shook my head. “General William Tecumseh Sherman.”
"My insides felt hollow. I missed him already. A lump rose in my throat. I squeezed my eyes shut to control the tears that threatened to spill out. War is hell. In the midst of hell, I’d found my heaven. Beauty from ashes."
"Seth’s words from long ago reverberated through time: The gardenia symbolizes love, unity, grace, and strength. According to legend, the nightingale chooses its mate only when the gardenia first blossoms."
Huey, Michele (2014-03-12). The Heart Remembers (p. 141). Helping Hands Press. Kindle Edition.
What a enthralling story by a most talented writer. The authors retelling of the Vietnam era, is so surreal, I felt like I was there, I even covered my head and ducked as the bombs exploded. The story is filled with suspense, compassion, and inbounding love. I find myself, still wishing I was going home to read this book. It is hard to find another read that is so engrossing as this one. It is one that you do not want to miss. I highly recommend this book to everyone.
P.S. and what really hit home was the main character Evangeline, graduated High School the same year I did in '1967'. I know that has nothing to do with the book, but it made it so much more personal. Why? because I grew up in this era. I could relate.
My favorite quotes:
“‘ I am sick and tired of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell.’ Do you know who said that, Evangeline?” I shook my head. “General William Tecumseh Sherman.”
"My insides felt hollow. I missed him already. A lump rose in my throat. I squeezed my eyes shut to control the tears that threatened to spill out. War is hell. In the midst of hell, I’d found my heaven. Beauty from ashes."
"Seth’s words from long ago reverberated through time: The gardenia symbolizes love, unity, grace, and strength. According to legend, the nightingale chooses its mate only when the gardenia first blossoms."
Huey, Michele (2014-03-12). The Heart Remembers (p. 141). Helping Hands Press. Kindle Edition.
November 14, 2019
In two days I read THE HEART REMEMBERS because I simply could not put it aside! I was hooked from the first page, and that's what I need to enjoy a story. Huey is a gifted Christian writer who can produce a work that's not preachy, just clean and enjoyable. It is so well assembled with continual real-life surprises and a very satisfying ending. This piece introduced me to this author's work, and I will definitely be acquiring more as they come out. THE HEART REMEMBERS was absolutely one of the all-time best books ever! Five-Star all the way!
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