“Linda Spear has a fine grasp of language and structure within a scene. You’ll be acutely aware of her characters’ human emotions, which are wide ranging and deeply felt.”

~ Jacqueline Mitchard’s first novel, “The Deep End of the Ocean,” was named by USA Today as one of the ten most influential books of the past 25 years.

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“This book is brilliant, absolutely beautifully written – what a voice Linda Spear has. It will make you laugh and cry, and love, all the more.”

~Amy Ferris the is author of the rip-roaring funny page-turner, “Marrying George Clooney: Confessions of a Mid-Life Crisis.”

”Linda Spear weaves a lyrical and haunting family story, inspired by a mother’s dying wish. “I Know You by Heart” is both powerful and affecting”

~Carol Hoenig is the award-winning author of “Without Grace,” and “The Author’s Guide to Planning Book Events.”

“I recommend this, Linda Spear's first novel, to anyone who cherishes and, at the same time, questions family values and personal relationships…” (read full review )

~Patricia Daly-Lipe, Story Circle Book Reviews

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“I Know You by Heart” takes an extended family through the death of its matriarch and then through the formalities of the mourning period. Readers, no doubt, know from experience, that no mourning period for anyone, or any family is like any other. All members of the Fielding family have unfinished business, hidden scandals, fearful secrets that create unwitting behavior. Each character provides harsh, but horribly true information, revealed for the first time. In “I Know You by Heart,” all of these elements float about uncontrolled, and the family runs amok. The characters in “I Know You by Heart,” expect their reasonably responsible family members to behave in traditional ways, but the truth is, the Fielding family faces this crisis in the most irrational ways possible. From moments before the funeral, until after the formal grieving process is over, they begrudge, punish and some even learn to love again, over time.  Read more at Amazon ...

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