What Remains of Love
by Suzanne Trauth
Heartbreaking, eye-opening, and unputdownable, readers will cherish the words on each page as they follow the story through the eyes of Emilie and Kate.
Kristi Elizabeth, Manhattan Book Review
Beautifully written and timely, What Remains of Love perfectly blends one family’s history with today’s times. A five-star book by Suzanne Trauth that gives deep insight into two generations and the depth of love and sacrifice made to honor a promise. Beautifully done.
Books and Pens on Green Gables
Trauth’s novel builds on several subtle layers that beautifully blend to create a profoundly moving story. A phenomenal story of life and everlasting love, What Remains of Love will remain with readers long after the last page. Highly recommended.
S. Hinrichs, Chanticleer Review
What Remains of Love has all the ingredients to make up an emotionally driven story about family, secrets, and unrequited love…The flawless character development was the cherry on top—a book worthy of five stars!
Reader Views
What Remains of Love really was a bittersweet story of love lost and found, the sacrifices we make, and ultimately, how even the smallest choices can create ripple effects into the present, future, and beyond. This is a definite five-star experience!
Chick Lit Central
Sifting through the effects of her recently deceased father, a woman uncovers the story of his long-ago wartime affair with a beautiful French woman. WHAT REMAINS OF LOVE begins as a family mystery but opens up into a heartfelt story of loves past but not forgotten, of the burden of being torn between passion and honorable commitment, of living with knowing you can’t have what you most want. By turns sweet and bittersweet, a touching read. Keep the Kleenex close by.
Bill Mesce, Jr., Author Median Gray
What Remains of Love by Suzanne Trauth is a riveting saga of grand passion during the French Resistance in World War II, and its repercussions, which reverberate through generations on both sides of the Atlantic. This is a beautifully told family story of love, mystery, and forgiveness in the face of necessary secrets and the amends that must be made, even beyond the grave. Can a child ever really know a parent? Can love transcend loss? Can lifelong sacrifice justify unintentional betrayal? And can the heart expand to include relationships long denied? Trauth tackles it all and more in this gripping, moving, and deeply satisfying novel. A must read!
Roselee Blooston, award-winning author of Dying in Dubai, Trial by Family, and The Chocolate Jar and Other Stories