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What Alice Forgot [Kindle Edition]

Liane Moriarty
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (368 customer reviews)

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Book Description

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE HYPNOTIST'S LOVE STORY...

A “cheerfully engaging”* novel for anyone who’s ever asked herself, “How did I get here?”

  
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 (a gym! She HATES the 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…

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“Funny and knowing… [about] what we choose to remember, and fight to forget.” —O magazine


“The gripping story of a woman who wakes up with a bump on her head and no knowledge of the past ten years…an acutely observed romantic comedy that is both thought-provoking and funny.”—Marie Claire (UK)



“The affecting tale of Alice’s chance for a ten-year do-over.”—The New York Times





“Grabbed me on the first page…a deep and wondrous novel.” —Luanne Rice








“I loved this book. It has, for me, everything that makes a good novel excellent.” —Jeanne Ray



“Heartfelt, witty, and thought-provoking…a story you’ll remember.” —Jennifer Crusie





“Highly addictive.” —She Magazine (UK; Book of the Month)


“I loved this original read.” —The Sun (UK)


 “Funny and captivating.” —Closer (UK)


“Winning…well-paced, and thoroughly pleasurable.” —Publishers Weekly



“An often funny, sometimes heartrending, deeply personal portrait of a woman attempting to unravel her own mystery.” —Booklist


“Moriarity makes this more than just a one-note story, weaving in a plotline involving Alice's childless sister… intriguing… will keep readers guessing and curious to know more about Alice.” —Library Journal

Product Details

  • File Size: 730 KB
  • Print Length: 496 pages
  • Publisher: Berkley; Reprint edition (June 2, 2011)
  • Sold by: Penguin Publishing
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B004XFYN9M
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Enabled
  • Lending: Not Enabled
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,451 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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104 of 109 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Don't Forget about this! April 21, 2011
Format:Kindle Edition
What Alice Forgot is very similar to Sophie Kinsella's tale Remember Me?, but Remember Me? is a much lighter affair (it's Sophie Kinsella after all) and What Alice Forgot is a far deeper (and longer) tale. That's no bad thing, though, as I loved both books and they both suit my tastes. Because 29-year-old Alice believes that she's happily married and pregnant with her first child, and also that she and her sister Elisabeth are close, it comes as a series of shocks to her when she realises she has three actual children and that not only does she not remember having them, she doesn't remember them period. To then learn herself and Nick, her husband, are on the brink of divorce and also that Alice and Elisabeth are as close as the North and South pole, was quite sad to read - to believe you're 29 and to suddenly age 10 years must be a pretty scary thing and Liane Moriarty managed to bring across Alice's anguish perfectly. To have three children and not even know who they are was obviously a little controversial - how can she not know her kids? - but that's the power of amnesia, it makes you forget the most simple (and important) things.

What really made the book for me though was Alice's realisation that her 39-year-old self wasn't a nice person at all. She was nothing like the 29-year-old free spirit, in fact she was the total opposite. So it was easy to see how Alice and Nick's relationship disintegrated. Alice turned into a total control freak, it seemed, and it just tore them apart. The ever-mysterious Gina certainly didn't help Nick and Alice's marriage and I was stunned at just how ferocious Nick was the first time he and Alice talked after her accident.
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86 of 93 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Started reading on vacation and couldn't stop! July 28, 2010
By Misty
Format:Kindle Edition
Picked this book up while on vacation in England and actually skipped sightseeing one day to stay at the hotel and finish reading it. Yeah, it was that good! I'm an avid reader and a bit hard to please. I can usually figure out a plot pretty quick. But this book threw me for some loops and kept me guessing. I loved the way it was told, especially the sister's letters to her doctor as they gradually tell a story of their own about what the sister has been going through. A previous reviewer said it was reminiscent of Sophie Kinsella's Remember Me - yes, it was. However, I thought this book was much better. The characters were more complex and the story line was better. All my 'reading' friends have borrowed it now and have all loved it also. I also loved the ending. It was perfect.
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Liked it, but... August 31, 2011
By Cal
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I felt like this book should have been about 100 pages shorter. Alice's story is very compelling, but then we are introduced to two other narratives (the sister and the grandmother) and in my opinion these really slowed the pace of the book. They are told using the devices of letters and journal entries (ugh) and had the feel of "this is the author telling the story" instead of the way a letter would really be written. The grandmother's story in particular I thought could have been cut completely.
That said, the author did a good job with authentic details and dialogue, and I wanted to keep reading to find out how the ending would be resolved. Three and a half stars.
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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Kind of disappointed October 10, 2011
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I like to read and there is so much out there I find it hard to choose. I also have very little patience with books for this reason; if it doesn't grab me or charm me or somehow seduce me from the start, I'd rather move on to something that does.

What Alice Forget did charm me at first. I became very involved in the story, but about halfway through I had a feeling of trepidation. I thought: "There is no way for this to end that would feel satisfying." But I was still pretty absorbed by the story, and was hoping that the author had a surprise waiting for me.

Sadly, this was not to be. Without badly spoiling the ending, let me just say it took not one but both of the predictable paths. The ending was so neat, and trite, and terribly pat. The book could have been titled "Chicken Soup for the Amnesiac's Soul." I almost felt like I'd been cheated. Moriarity is a good writer, and I expected better. It was just a letdown.
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50 of 62 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Angieville: WHAT ALICE FORGOT June 14, 2011
Format:Hardcover
With the arrival of a baby imminent on the horizon, most women begin thinking about packing a bag for the hospital, making sure the nursery is in order, washing those few last baby clothes in preparation. Me? I began making a list of books to read as soon as we got home from the hospital. And one of the top books on my list was WHAT ALICE FORGOT by Liane Moriarty. I've seen this title and author batted about recently, and with its June 2nd U.S. release date, it seemed the perfect one to start with. My excitement to read it even managed to penetrate the fog of sleep deprivation that exists around my mind these days. I've read Liane's sister Jaclyn Moriarty's work and enjoyed a few of them, and I love the idea of writerly sisters. So I was eager to see what Liane Moriarty's writing was like, especially when I found out this one was about a woman who lost her memory. I'm beginning to think I may have sort of a thing for amnesia stories. So much potential therein. For both humor and pain. Especially the pain. But more on that later.

Alice wakes up on the floor of a gym unable to figure out just exactly how she got there. It becomes apparent that she fell off her bike during spin class, bumped her head rather hard, and awoke to find herself being rushed off to the hospital by a couple of handsome paramedics, while people she does not know call out to her and wish her well. Poor Alice becomes more and more confused at the doctor's insistence that it is a different year from the one she knows it is, at the inexplicable workout clothing she's wearing, at the disturbing lack of an appearance on her husband's part. What she doesn't want to accept--but what seems to have actually happened--is she lost the last ten years of her life when she bumped her head.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Stop reading the negative reviews...
I really don't read books in two days... This I couldn't put down. After looking for more by the same author, I am here reviewing the reviews and now second-guessing how much I... Read more
Published 1 day ago by The most awesomely awesome epicly epic person ever
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
I loved this book. Great story, well done, made me think about my own life. I would read another book by this author.
Published 1 day ago by Saratoga Mom
3.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good
Took awhile to get rolling, but I really liked to look at life from a wife's perspective of her younger self.
Published 2 days ago by Mamie Hudson
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting
I tried to read this a few years ago, but couldn't get through it. Picked it up again a few weeks ago and I couldn't put it down. Read more
Published 3 days ago by Kathys122
4.0 out of 5 stars Good book, great by chick-lit standards
I really enjoyed this. I found it engaging, with sympathetic, relatable characters, and enough intrigue to keep me interested. Read more
Published 9 days ago by S. Cox
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read!!
Loved it! Kept me hooked from beginning to end. I like the way the author intertwined writing from the sister and grandmother within the story. Had some nice twists.
Published 9 days ago by Meryl
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
Gorgeous book. One of my favourite authors. Laugh it loud at times, heartfelt at others. Well worth a read. Would recommend it highly
Published 10 days ago by Kystar
5.0 out of 5 stars Best Book I've Read in a Long Time
Makes you consider what is important in your life! Great book and would highly recommend to anyone! I loved it!
Published 11 days ago by charlotte ducote
5.0 out of 5 stars FINDING A NEW VERSION OF HERSELF
When Alice Love falls down in spin class and hits her head, everything in her life is seemingly turned upside down. Read more
Published 14 days ago by Laurel-Rain Snow "Rain"
4.0 out of 5 stars A Great Read!
Loved it..couldn't put it down! Tears during and at the end of the book always means it was a goodie!!
Published 15 days ago by DeniseP
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