I Remember Valentine

About the Book

When the Great Depression of the 1930's forces the narrator's family to give up their conventional home in a respectable neighborhood and move to a flat on the wrong side of the tracks, for her parents it is a shameful descent into a temporary Hell; for their eleven-year-old daughter, the fall from financial grace drops her into a fascinating place where the Hart family, who rent the other half of the flat, speak candidly about life, love, and sex. The narrator immediately becomes Best Friends with Valentine Hart.

About the Author

Liz Hamlin thoroughly researches the codes of conduct relevant to eras about which she writes, and under the guise of fiction realistically portrays women who defy hand-me-down rules of social engagement.  Her novels include I REMEMBER VALENTINE (1930’s);THE WOMEN ON COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE (1940’s); THE WOMEN IN NO MAN’S LAND (1950’s); DORIE AND ME (1960’s); WHERE’S MISS MARY? (1990’s): and LITTLE MOTHERS (2004).  Liz holds a Masters from Goddard College; has a background in teaching, editing, and ghost writing; served as President and Vice-President of the Eastern Shore Writers Association; and is a member of the International Women’s Writers Guild.  Liz Hamlin resides in St. Michaels Maryland and Mount Dora Florida.

I REMEMBER VALENTINE IS POIGNANT, NOSTALGIC, AFFECTIONATELY MOVING – Kirkus Reviews