What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
Alice awakens on the floor of the gym, while being attended to by paramedics. She has no idea why she would belong to a gym let alone be there taking a step class. The clothes she's wearing are unfamiliar. In fact everything around her is strange. The last ten years of Alice's life have disappeared from her memory, simply erased like a chalkboard.
All Alice can remember is Nick, her husband, the love of her life. He, however, has left her and their three children and the divorce has not been amicable. Alice is frustrated that he hasn't rushed to her bedside. But then again, everything is frustrating Alice right now.
In What Alice Forgot, the reader sees the world through Alice's eyes and her struggle to find her life again. I am a huge fan of Liane Moriarty and she's done an excellent job creating the character's point of view. Every action Alice takes and every word she speaks is true to Alice's condition.
What Alice Forgot also has a message about what is important in life. With her memory erased, Alice got a chance to start over. The little things brought a smile to her face when in the past they had annoyed her. There are times when we'd all like a chance to start over. Alice shows us that it's not easy but it's never too late.
Alice awakens on the floor of the gym, while being attended to by paramedics. She has no idea why she would belong to a gym let alone be there taking a step class. The clothes she's wearing are unfamiliar. In fact everything around her is strange. The last ten years of Alice's life have disappeared from her memory, simply erased like a chalkboard.
All Alice can remember is Nick, her husband, the love of her life. He, however, has left her and their three children and the divorce has not been amicable. Alice is frustrated that he hasn't rushed to her bedside. But then again, everything is frustrating Alice right now.
In What Alice Forgot, the reader sees the world through Alice's eyes and her struggle to find her life again. I am a huge fan of Liane Moriarty and she's done an excellent job creating the character's point of view. Every action Alice takes and every word she speaks is true to Alice's condition.
What Alice Forgot also has a message about what is important in life. With her memory erased, Alice got a chance to start over. The little things brought a smile to her face when in the past they had annoyed her. There are times when we'd all like a chance to start over. Alice shows us that it's not easy but it's never too late.
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