The Tears We Never Cried by Ryshia Kennie with #Giveaway

Welcome to the book tour for The Tears We Never Cried by Ryshia Kennie. This is a book that speaks directly to my heart, as I just lost my mother last year to Alzheimer’s. You’ll be able to read my full book review later this week over at Andi’s Book Reviews. For now, please enjoy this excerpt. You can find even more as you follow the book tour. And then be sure to enter the giveaway!



A mother’s tragic diagnosis.

A daughter’s life on hold.

An ending and a new beginning …

Cassandra McDowall’s mother has been forgetful for a while, but she never anticipated rapid-onset Alzheimer’s to come out of nowhere and shake their world to its very core.

As Cassie puts her already-lackluster life on hold, her mom’s indomitable will and spirit of adventure prove to be a handful.

And as her mother fades, the two embark on one last adventure—a journey that reveals secrets on the brink of being lost, the joy of foreign sunsets, and love where she hadn’t thought it possible.

Read an excerpt:

I remember the moment it happened. I had barely pulled away from the curb, done a quick shoulder check, and that’s when life broadsided me. 

I was thirty-nine, coincidentally exactly forty weeks from my fortieth birthday. I’ve lived forever since that moment, or so it seemed. Even though it was really only a year and change out of my life, that day that began it all. 

It was a day like any other except ... I swear the ring on my phone was louder than normal. And Mother’s voice was strident and demanding. 

“Cassie, you best get over here now. I’ve lost my best pen and they’ve taken my Christmas cards away.” 

I had no idea what she was talking about, but the panic in her voice was real and like nothing I had heard before. 

“Cassandra McDowall?” The disembodied voice was no longer my mother’s, but instead one that was male and full of authority. 

“Yes.” Somehow my fingers were already knotting in trepidation of what he might want. 

“This is Tod Rushinski, staff sergeant with the Regina City Police.” 

My palms began to sweat.

“Your mother is Jessica Jane McDowell?”

“Yes.” Fortunately it was the only word required for it was the only word I could choke out. The police never phoned for a good reason.

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The winner of  her city’s writing award, Ryshia Kennie’s novels have taken her characters from the depression era prairies in her first book “From the Dust” to a across the globe and back again. There’s never a lack of places to set a story as the too long prairie winters occasionally find her with travel journal in hand seeking adventure on foreign shores.  While facing off a Monitor Lizard before breakfast or running through the Kasbah chased by an enraged Water Carrier aren’t normal travel experiences and might never find a place in one of her stories, they do make great travel stories. When not collecting odd memories from around the world, she’s writing mainly romantic suspense and women’s fiction. 

Website: http://www.ryshiakennie.com

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11 thoughts on “The Tears We Never Cried by Ryshia Kennie with #Giveaway”

  1. Thank you for sharing your book with us. I always look forward to finding out about another great read.

  4. These diseases that take away memories are so terrible. It is good to let people know they are not alone with books like this.

    1. That is such a good point Peggy. They are not alone and life does go on – you will smile again even through the tears. The Tears We Never Cried is sad in places – it can’t help but be, but there’s joy and celebration too, and an unexpected love.

  8. People that lose their memories is such a sad story. You don’t realize what is happening until you see someone like that.

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