The Memory Collectors A Novel

“The Memory Collectors A Novel” by Kim Neville is an atmospheric and enchanting debut about two women, Ev and Harriet, who share a mysterious psychic gift: the ability to feel the intense emotions left behind on objects. Ev views her ability as a curse, carefully handling and sometimes destroying emotionally charged items, while selling the less potent ones at a Vancouver night market to scrape together a living. In contrast, Harriet hoards thousands of these emotional artifacts, unknowingly making her neighbors ill from the overwhelming emotions emanating from her apartment walls. When their paths intertwine, Harriet believes Ev is the only one who can help her create a unique “museum of memory” designed to not only feel warm and inviting, but also to heal the emotional wounds many people unknowingly carry. As they navigate their intertwined pasts and develop their gift, they confront buried secrets, childhood trauma, and a looming darkness that threatens to unravel their lives and the possibility of forgiveness and healing. The novel explores the profound hold the past has on us, often contained within seemingly innocuous objects, and the journey towards recovery and learning to trust and forgive—especially oneself. The book is a hopeful tale about the possibility of recovery after childhood trauma.

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