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Forgetting

"What Alice Forgot" by Liane Moriarty A decade of experiences, happy, sad, challenging, life-altering, life-ending, would change who you are, no? Things that happen to us - shape us and our outlook - our approach. But what if you forgot a decade, misplaced it somehow, thought you and your life were ten years younger?  How would you act? Liane Moriarty addresses these questions and more in her thought-provoking new novel that invariably begs her readers to contemplate who they have become, and why.  The most important question though, to me is --- are you proud of that person. At age 39, the main character Alice Love, has an accident while exercising at her gym.  She hits her head, passes out and wakes up thinking she is 10 years younger, suffering from a severe case of amnesia. What a difference a decade can make.  Ten years earlier, Alice was over the moon in love with her new husband and expecting their first baby. Presently, a decade later, she learns th...

Lost and Found

On vacation last week, my daughter was fully engrossed in her paperback.  She would take breaks from the dog-eared pages to cool off in the pool or swim in the waves, only to return to her lounge chair (and her book) with soggy, sandy fingers.  The book looked like it was on vacation too, with its crinkled pages sprinkled with sand. One night she brought the book with us to dinner, eager to finish the last 10 or so pages.  You see, there was a sequel waiting in the wings and she needed to get to ending.  After dinner and meandering through the hotel gift shop, my daughter realized she lost the book!  We retraced our steps but to no avail.  Finally, that evening, we stopped by the "lost and found" desk and reported her missing paperback (title and all) as well as my light cotton sweater she also left behind somewhere.  The kind lady said she would contact us if the items were found. My daughter asked if I would buy the book on my Kindle so that she ...