The Forever Days is a lovely read, chronicling the author’s childhood summers at a lake in Minnesota and the life lessons she carried into marriage and motherhood. Written with wisdom, honesty, insight, and grace, this is a book of family relationship, spiritual seeking, and equal parts grief and joy—all set on the shores of a lake that feels for all the world like home.

The Forever Days is a love letter to all that is good in life, and the enduring love that remains with us, even in times of turmoil. I felt like Mary St. Onge takes us back to a place we’ve always known, either from events in our lives, or from the deep knowing of our soul. She calls to life the transcendent healing of simple experiences: swimming in a lake, eating popcorn, playing cards, or sitting in a screened in porch. And throughout her tapestry of memory and love, she takes us into the deep work of being alive: facing pain, mending relationships, and opening our hearts to the beauty before us.