I received this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

The Things We Keep tells the story of Anna who has early onset Alzheimers. Anna is sent to a care home where she falls in love with Luke, a man in his 40's, also suffering with dementia. A year later, we also meet Eve, a woman trying to rebuild her life who becomes attached to Anna and Luke and can't understand why people won't accept their love and vows to bring them together again.

This is a fantastic book that not only takes a look at what it's like to live with such a progressive and debilitating disease, but how a disease doesn't make a person. For so much of this book, we got to see who Anna, Luke, Gwen, Bert and all the residents in the home were more than just their illness. There was a great insight into each character and their traits and dislikes and likes and we really got to see them as a person rather than a patient.

Anna's progress into her disease was really interesting to read. The way she came up with different names for things - sleeping bench for bed and hole in the wall for window - was great to read and while this story was heartbreaking because the main characters were sick, it was also just a fun, and loving story full of great characters. It was also fast-paced and easy to read and I really recommend it!