Title: What Alice Forgot
Author: Liane Moriarty
Rating: 3 of 5
Synopsis: Alice Love is twenty-nine, crazy about her husband, and pregnant with her first child. So imagine Alice’s surprise when she comes to on the floor of a gym and is whisked off to the hospital where she discovers the honeymoon is truly over—she’s getting divorced, she has three kids, and she’s actually 39 years old. Alice must reconstruct the events of a lost decade, and find out whether it’s possible to reconstruct her life at the same time. She has to figure out why her sister hardly talks to her, and how is it that she’s become one of those super skinny moms with really expensive clothes. Ultimately, Alice must discover whether forgetting is a blessing or a curse, and whether it’s possible to start over...
Thoughts: I liked this book. It fit the need for what I was looking for which was a good easy read. Its not going to be my favorite and I'll probably never pick it up again but I would certainly recommend it to someone looking for a beach read. The story starts out right away and keeps going throughout Alice's story trying to get her memory back. It was sort of funny to pause along with her as she evaluates her life from almost an outside perspective. She's so funny in realizing she's become one of those do everything women who has a "Friday spin class" and throws PTA get togethers for other mommies at school. I even found myself wondering how my 23 year old self would look at me now. What I didn't like was the back and forth between other women in the story. I would be reading along with the story and it would just flash into her sister's story or her grandmother's story. They were set up as letters to someone else. It just messed up the flow and I almost found myself skipping these parts to get to the main story. I also thought the ending was wrapped up in a pretty little bow (as my friend Christine likes to describe things. haha). It would make a good Hallmark Channel Movie (if it stars Candace Cameron Bure, I'll watch it) and pretty much how you expect it to end...is how it ends. But summer is for light reading so pick it up! I got this for $4 on thriftbooks.com or you can borrow my copy.
I know I've totally been neglectful of this blog lately! But I'm trying to get back in the swing of things and I do miss it. I have plenty of books to discuss so they'll be on their way!
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