Remember Me - Lesley Pearse

Advantages: absolutely incredible book that really moves you and inspires you
Disadvantages: none at all!

‘Remember me’ was a book I received as a gift from Book Club Associates late last year. It is written by Lesley Pearse and was released properly early this year on January 29th 2004. I haven’t really read any of Lesley Pearse’s books but she has got quite a few bestsellers under her belt including ‘Trust Me’, ‘Never Look Back’ and ‘Father Unknown’. Obviously I don’t know what those ...
...are anything similar to this one they are definitely worth the read! ‘Remember Me’ tells the story of Mary Broad, a fisherman’s daughter from Cornwall back in 1786. A decade where there was no hot water, electricity, automobiles or any other modern conveniences we take for granted today. Another thing back then that wasn’t quite up to today’s standards was the law system. People such as Mary, were sentenced to be hung ... Read review

Advantages: Addictive! Emotional and a real tear jerker
Disadvantages: Leaves you wanting more!

...characters life. I started Remember Me on a Wednesday morning on the train into work, and had finished it by Friday night. I was so addicted; I just couldn't put it down, and found myself sneaking off to the toilets at work just to read a couple more pages! Remember me is a storey based in the 1700's, and follow's the life of a young girl called Mary Broad from Cornwall, who through misplaced friendships, finds herself involved in petty crimes ...
...search of adventure and independence. Mary is of course soon arrested for her crimes, and after a short trial is sentenced to death by hanging. The death penalty is narrowly avoided and she is instead sent for transportation to a new land. The storey tells of the horrors of the justice system in the 1700's, and graphically describes scenes and events, which are completely incomprehensible to someone brought up in this day and age. The treatment ... Read review

Advantages: Takes you to another world
Disadvantages: House work doesn't get done

This is the second book of Lesley's I've read. I've got to say its one of the best books I read. I went to the local library and had to get it in large print as they hadn't got it in any other at the time. I read it in 3 days, at work in lunchtime,cooking tea, watching tv, surfing the net, just couldn't put it down. The main character is a young woman called Mary Broad who steals a hat which starts off a harrowing live ahead. The book is based ...
...to be hanged, however this is the start of when convicts are being sent to Botany Bay and Mary is sent there to serve her sentence. The journey there is remarkable she sees sights and grows up rapidly. She learns to sell her body for food and to get items to help the other women too. This gets her pregnant with her first child Charlotte named after the ship she travelled to this new world on. On the ship she meets another convict called Will Bryant ... Read review

Advantages: Fanstastic read
Disadvantages: Pity it had to end!!

...in this and if you remember it and because of that think the book isnt for you then try the book it takes you into a differnt world. Without reveling to much of the story, Mary Broad finds herself being sentenced to death for a small crime, and gets a way out by being transported to austraila, to start off with its not an easy journey, and when she gets there it gets worse! I couldnt put this book down and well worth a read. ... Read review

Advantages: It was just fantastic!
Disadvantages: The fact it had to end at some point!!

...just finsihed reading the book Remember Me by the fantastic atuher Lesley Pearse. I have read all but 4 books by Lesley and what an outstanding author she is, her books have completely taken over my life whilst reading them. Remember me has definatly been the best read i have ever ever read, the love and care you feel for Mary and her loved ones is remarkable. I have had the book a week and have just finished it, i couldn't put it down, even refusing ... Read review

Advantages: An addictive storyline, hard to put down (if thats a good thing)
Disadvantages: I didn't want it to end the way it did

...to care for her sick mother for years. The story shows how two people met as children and enjoyed each others company, shared secrets and couldn't bear to be apart, got seperated and grew into adults, thier lives taking completely different paths, one a successful (but lonely) solicitor, the other a broken mother who loses her child and has to deal with mental health problems. The story doesn't really have a happy ending as when someone kills as many people as this lady did the only thing that can lead to is prison, but you're left feeling sorry for her and wishing their was another alternative. The solicitor ends up meeting a man and being happy. After this novel I did go back to my library and reserve a copy of Remember Me, another of Lesley Pearses books, this book was as good if not better than Til We Meet Again, I don't flit from... Read review

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Advantages: Excellent characters you really get to know
Disadvantages: None

...I got this book for Christmas and after reading a load of crime novels I thought I needed an easy read so decided to give this one a try. I wasn't sure if I'd read one of Lesley Pearse's before but from looking at her previously published books I had read one, Remember Me, and recalled I had really enjoyed it and I'm not sure why I never tried another. This book is fairly long at 610 pages and it took me a couple of weeks to read, but I found it was really easy to pick up and remember where you were. It starts with the main character, Laura Brannigan, who is in jail for murdering her best friend Jackie. She has been in jail for two years but insists she is innocent, and has begun to feel that this is where she will remain when she receives a letter from an old boyfriend, Stuart. In his letter he says he has been out... Read review

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