Ugvaja Maks's Reviews > We Used to Live Here

This book is a journey worth taking, and a book worth reading, in print form or through its audiobook, as it brings us back to the best places we remember.

The experience of the audiobook version of "We Used to Live Here" is also enriched through the act of listening. The narrator masterfully captures the mood and tone of Kliewer’s writing, conveying through their voice a deep sense of longing and nostalgia. We are taken through each of the book’s chapters with rhythm and poise, mirroring the act of remembering itself, and propelled to the heart of the story, the heart of the shared memories of the characters.

At the heart of this book is the relationship between home and its people, and the message of the lasting connection between them. Kliewer tells this story with the quiet urgency that a small town runs on, and asks the listener to consider time and remembrance. There is a shared humanity in Kliewer’s narrative, and a shared beauty in the moment one can reflect upon: something beautiful, whether the directions of memory or nostalgia, or feeling the weight of our remembered best days.