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Take Back the Memory Kindle Edition

by Augustine Sam (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.7 out of 5 stars 21 ratings
The saga of a compelling backward journey through a broken mind...

Paige Lyman, an accomplished psychiatrist, is on the verge of madness but she doesn't know it yet. It had all begun with a simple act of love. And love, for her, was a blonde-haired Irish boy. So when he abandoned her for priesthood, her world collapsed. But that was before she met Stern W. who swept her off her feet and married her, and they lived happily ever after as in a fairy tale, until he died in a helicopter crash over the Hudson River.

Then she discovered the startling truth about who her husband really was, and vengeance transformed her from psychiatrist to patient. Now, will she be able to hold onto her heart-wrenching secrets?
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    257 pages
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  4. Publication date
    December 7, 2017
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"Take Back the Memory is an intellectual and emotional look into the mind of a somewhat broken individual. Augustine Sam has a great deal of talent in building up a suspenseful story before an excellent resolution."

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"In his work, Sam reaches moments of greatness--mixing a fine writingstyle with exciting plot points, and he uniquely uses dialogue to establish thesetting. The greatest strength of Take Back the Memory is itsauthor's writing. Sam's penmanship is downright gorgeous."

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"Sam's superb storytelling talent runs the spectrum from crafting a candid psychological exposé with tantalizing illicit sex scenes to a grim depiction of a scorned troubled woman...What makes this erotically charged tale an outstanding debut is that readers can actually feel the protagonist leaping off the page and sitting in their living rooms describing the messy complications of her life."

- Norm Goldman
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07813DN7B
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ AuthorSuite Books
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 7, 2017
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 2nd
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2.3 MB
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 257 pages
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.7 out of 5 stars 21 ratings

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Augustine Sam

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Augustine Sam is a journalist by profession, a novelist by choice, and a poet by chance. A bilingual writer and an award-winning poet, he writes, not only hard news but literary works as well.

Before becoming a multi-genre author, he fell in love with poetry the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once. He was the winner of the Editors’ Choice Award in the North America Open Poetry Contest. His poems have been published in international anthologies, including "Measures of the Heart" & "Sounds of Silence."

His poetry collection: "Flashes of Emotion" was the 2015 finalist in the International Book Award Contest.

Author website: http://www.augustinesam.com/

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  • Jingleberry
    2.0 out of 5 stars Not for all audiences
    Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2015
    Genre: Romance, Contemporary

    Summary: Paige Lyman is a psychiatrist who becomes, you could say, unhinged after her husband’s sudden death. Her daughter insists that she meet a doctor. She reveals to the psychiatrist (a colleague of hers in the medical world) that she grew up in Kenya and was in love with a boy named Bill, who left her to become a priest. She turns vengeful, and seeks revenge by seducing other priests.

    What is good about this book is the level of detail – the scenes are described vividly and we can visualize the scenes as they happen. You realize early on that Paige Lyman’s heartbreak has turned her into a Ms Havisham kind of character and she will go to a ridiculous extent to exact her revenge.

    What is bad about this book is [Detailed review here: https://rainandabook.wordpress.com/2015/09/24/take-back-the-memory-by-augustine-sam/]
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  • Mahathi
    4.0 out of 5 stars A story about love life, sexual encounters and heart breaks of a person
    Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2018
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    Take Back the memory is like an autobiography of Paige.The story starts when Diane is worried about her Psychiatrist mom Paige when he behaves in an odd way by talking to herself and a parrot. Diane convinces her mom to see a Psychiatrist and Paige explains all incidents of her life to the Psychiatrist. Basically, this story is about the love life, her sexual encounters and heartbreaks of Paige.
    The narration and the details are very good. All these revelations are to know the cause of her depression/ something that pains her heart still. But I couldn't understand the reason why she is upset even in the old age after having an ideal marriage life.The climax definitely is unpredictable but the base of the story is not very believable. There are a lot of erotic sexual descriptions throughout the book. I liked the part when his professor Dr. Howell explains about love life and practicality in life like below lines:
    “Heartbreaks?” He grinned, shaking his head. “Well, young lady, hearts are not glasses, you know; when glasses break they’re gone. When hearts break they can be mended.”
    Overall, I recommend this book to readers who love erotic and psychological thrillers.
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  • RummourHasItBlog
    5.0 out of 5 stars I enjoyed it
    Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2018
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    In Take Back the Memory, a woman Paige goes through her experiences with love while she was growing up. The story takes you from Africa to the States. First, I must say this story isn’t your usual romantic read that deals with fairytale love where the heroine and hero can do no wrong. In this book, there are more gray areas than there are black and white. It explores a woman’s vow to get back at her first love who chose the church over her. Paige is by no means an innocent and she is a woman who will punish you severely if she thinks she has been wronged. The characters were flawed in every way but had strong personalities. Though I could not personally relate to the character Paige and the decisions she made, I was able to read about her story objectively and still enjoy her story.
    As usual, the writing of Augustine Sam is clean and I am once more impressed by the way he organizes his words to express deep thoughts. He also always paint such visual imagery of time and place. I was eager to finish the book as I read it because I wanted to know the conclusion of Paige. The end was bittersweet with a surprising twist that made me tear up a bit. I applaud Augustine Sam for writing a book that seemingly goes against standard romance where everyone seems to want the perfect fairytale life of no cheating and heroic characters who endure everything but can do no wrong. This sort of book is not easy to put on the market and I’m glad you told Paige’s story. It’s a kick in the butt to wake us up that these fairytales rarely exist and instead we are faced with life and that it is what we make of it, in order to move on and survive.
    That being said, there are a few jarring moments that did not sit well with me. For instance, the story is really a delve into Paige’s memories recounted to the psychologist through a type of “hypnosis” it seems. Yet, in the flashbacks we are given insights to what was going on with other people, something Paige could not have known to recount to her psychologist. I would have rather the flashbacks to be concentrated on scenes that involved only Paige. The omniscient narrator didn’t sit well with me as it recounted what happened in Stern’s office and what happened with the nuns who decided Paige shouldn’t be valedictorian. To me, it was an interference of the memories that took away from the genuineness of her memories.
    It’s a story worth reading, especially if you are looking for books with “real” characters who exhibit flaws as is only common with human nature.
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