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Based on her �Modern Love� piece (�She Put her Unspent Love in a Cardboard Box�), this extraordinary memoir tells the astonishing story of a mother�s last gifts to her daughter, and the wisdom and love she bestowed upon her from beyond the grave. Genevieve (Gwen) Kingston�s mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer when Gwen was just three years old. Defying the odds, she lived another eight years�during which time she filled a chest with gifts and letters to Gwen and her brother, Jamie, for every major milestone and birthday through age thirty. The day Gwen got her driver�s license. The day she graduated from high school. Gwen is now in her thirties and, when Did I Ever Tell You? begins, three unopened boxes remain: engagement, marriage, and first baby. Two decades after her passing, Gwen's mother's extraordinary efforts created a lifelong conversation beyond the grave. Did I Ever Tell You? is Crying in H Mart meets The Bright Hour by Nina Riggs. This is not just a gorgeously written mother-daughter story. It�s also the story of a family riven by grief and mental illness, and a story of a young woman�s navigation through both. It�s a book about family and legacy; and it's one that emphatically declares, as Gwen mother does in a particularly powerful letter, that �Love is stronger than death.�