Abuela, Dont Forget Me, Rex Ogle
Abuela, Dont Forget Me, Rex Ogle
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Abuela, Don't Forget Me

Author: Rex Ogle

Narrator: Ramón de Ocampo

Unabridged: 3 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/06/2022


Synopsis

I say, “Te amo siempre.”
And she says, “I love you more.”
And I say, “Impossible.”

Abuela, Don’t Forget Me is Rex Ogle’s portrait of his grandmother, the one adult he could count on when he was a child—and who is now forgetting him as dementia takes hold of her.

In his award-winning Free Lunch and Punching Bag, Rex charted a coming of age marked by poverty and domestic violence. Here, he celebrates the woman who gave him unconditional love through it all. From a first memory of hiding in a
laundry hamper and squealing with delight when she found him; through collect calls, visits, trips to the library, and a trip to Mexico, where she was raised; school reports, driving lessons, and a first car; to high school and graduation, Abuela,
Don’t Forget Me is a lyrical and life-affirming portrait of the promise of love and home, and of the devoted grandmother who provided it.

About Rex Ogle

Rex Ogle has had lots of jobs. Some involved waiting tables, moving boxes, or cleaning toilets. Other jobs involved creating stories for Star Wars, LEGO, Power Rangers, Minions, DC Comics, and Marvel Comics. Now Rex is a full-time writer and the authorbehind Free Lunch, winner of the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction. And he’s written the first book in The Supernatural Society series. Why? Because, while it was fun to clean toilets, it is much more fun to write about monsters.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mery ✨ on March 05, 2023

4/5 The rawness of the character’s voice and the reality of some situations in this story will resonate with many readers. It's a magnificent reminder that kids all need someone to nurture them, support them, guide them, and accept them. The more the story unfolded, the more grateful I was that Rex h......more

Goodreads review by Deborah on June 03, 2022

A beautiful tribute to the one person in his life that accepted him for who he was and would become. The only way Rex can escape the abuse of his mother, Steph father and father is by staying with his Abuela. As the years go by, she may be losing a bit of herself, however she still knows how importa......more

Goodreads review by Dee on May 09, 2024

PHOTO: Rex Ogle, right, at home with his husband I read this to do another student review for pageturnerbooks.org--you can find others there under the heading "News" in the toolbar. Ogle has written a series of books about his life: Free Lunch, Punching Bag, Road Home (release date May 14, 2024) , an......more

Goodreads review by Mariella on January 25, 2023

This is one of those books that's...it's just for me. It's probably not as good as I think it is, but this book both fed and opened my soul in a way that no book has done in a long time. It was hard to read, full of reminders of both good things and bad, but it was worth reading. It's a memoir of th......more

Goodreads review by nery elvia on January 13, 2025

I loved this book. There’s no words that i can use to describe my feelings with this one. it was beautiful.......more