The Things We Keep by Sally Hepworth

Anna Forster, in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease at only thirty-eight years old, knows that her family is doing what they believe to be best when they take her to Rosalind House, an assisted living facility. She also knows there's just one another resident her age, Luke. What she does not expect is the love that blossoms between her and Luke even as she resists her new life at Rosalind House. As her disease steals more and more of her memory, Anna fights to hold on to what she knows, including her relationship with Luke.
When Eve Bennett is suddenly thrust into the role of single mother she finds herself putting her culinary training to use at Rosalind house. When she meets Anna and Luke she is moved by the bond the pair has forged. But when a tragic incident leads Anna's and Luke's families to separate them, Eve finds herself questioning what she is willing to risk to help them.

Review:  I was given an ARC of The Things We Keep from NetGalley for an honest review and this is my review.
I loved this book and the emotional journey that it takes the reader on. Can two people still love each other even if they can't remember each other? This is one of the subjects this book deals with because two of the characters are relatively young and are suffering from Alzheimer's for one and a brain injury that in affecting the other's memory as well. Both are are looking their memories and are dying at young ages but they found each other when they were still coherent and fell in love but Anna, the woman's brother does not believe she is able to love any longer so he wants them kept apart. This book is heartbreaking when you read about their childish courtship and how each day is a new one for them.
Then a new cook starts at where they live and Eve, who has lost everything and is trying to help her daughter deal with the loss of her father, starts to believe in Luke and Anna and wants to help them be together starts to do everything she can to help them. How the writer wrote this story it pulls at the reader's heartstrings and as them cheering for the couple and for Eve and her daughter who are also dealing with so much. This book is definitely a book that makes one believe in true love.
I am giving The Things We Keep five out of five stars.