In this captivating memoir, journalist Donna Nebenzahl describes her childhood in 1950s Guyana (then British Guiana) in a large and close-knit Portuguese family. As British Guiana approached independence the family emigrated to Montreal. A devout Catholic girl, she learned only later that she had a Jewish name. Surrounded by loving and supportive maternal grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins, the author nonetheless remained troubled by the void left by an absent mother and a father who died before she was three. The book traces Nebenzahl's long journey of discovery that reveals a family history of profound loss and displacement. In prose that is warm, compassionate, and clear-sighted, To Linger With You navigates nostalgia, the diasporic search for belonging, and the tumultuous process of recovering lost stories.