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The Memory Painter: A Novel of Love and Reincarnation Hardcover – April 28, 2015

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What if there was a drug that could help you remember past lives?
What if the lives you remembered could lead you to your one true love?
What if you learned that, for thousands of years, a deadly enemy had conspired to keep the two of you apart?

Bryan Pierce is an internationally famous artist whose paintings have dazzled the world. But there's a secret to his success: Every canvas is inspired by an unusually vivid dream. When Bryan awakes, he possesses extraordinary new skills...like the ability to speak obscure languages and an inexplicable genius for chess. All his life, he has wondered if his dreams are recollections, if he is re-experiencing other people's lives.

Linz Jacobs is a brilliant neurogeneticist, absorbed in decoding the genes that help the brain make memories, until she is confronted with an exact rendering of a recurring nightmare at one of Bryan's shows. She tracks down the elusive artist, and their meeting triggers Bryan's most powerful dream yet: visions of a team of scientists who, on the verge of discovering a cure for Alzheimer's, died in a lab explosion decades ago.

As Bryan becomes obsessed with the mysterious circumstances surrounding the scientists' deaths, his dreams begin to reveal what happened at the lab, as well as a deeper mystery that may lead all the way to ancient Egypt. Together, Bryan and Linz start to discern a pattern. But a deadly enemy watches their every move, and he will stop at nothing to ensure that the past stays buried.

A taut thriller and a timeless love story spanning six continents and 10,000 years of history, The Memory Painter by Gwendolyn Womack is a riveting debut novel unlike any you've ever read.

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336 pages
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English
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Picador
Publication date

April 28, 2015
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6.43 x 1.12 x 9.47 inches
ISBN-10

125005303X
ISBN-13

978-1250053039
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“Gwendolyn Womack's tale dazzles.” ―US Weekly (Standout Spring Novels)

“The guy-meets-girl story as you've never heard it before...A mind-explosion of a journey ensues that involves time travel, mystery, love, and a whole lot of plot twists.” ―Refinery29

“Suspenseful and ambitious...We predict The Memory Painter's story of love and revenge will be one of 2015's biggest literary hits.” ―Paste Magazine (Best New Books of the Month)

“It's a thriller as well as a love story, spanning 10,000 years of history. And it sounds freaking mental.” ―io9, The Most Essential Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of the Month

“A time-travel tale, stylishly told.” ―Elle Canada

“Womack's debut is one of those rare works that impresses from the first vivid, unsettling scene, gradually building an atmosphere of secrecy and trepidation that ensures that the suspense remains high throughout. Part mystery, part science-fiction plot and part romance, this is a novel with broad cross-genre appeal, and the well-drawn scenes and flashes of humor and insight give this thriller a rare depth as well.” ―RT Book Reviews

“It's best not to try to analyze the ambitious plot of this thriller, which combines romance, fantasy, and adventure; just hang on for a wild and entertaining ride around the world and through the centuries back to ancient Egypt.” ―Library Journal (starred review)

“A page turner that will keep readers up late into the night. Readers who love adventure, romance and fantasy will love this book.” ―The Vancouver Sun

“Womack makes a romantic case for the existence of destiny...and does a beautiful job...Dive into this sweeping, romantic journey that will leave you breathless and a little unsure of where in time you've landed.” ―Kirkus Reviews (One of the Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Reads of the Month)

“Well-drawn historical flashbacks, engaging characters, and a twisty ending make this thrilling blend of neuroscience, romance, and ancient worlds good bets for Da Vinci Code and Outlander fans.” ―Booklist

“Some debuts cause a stir. [But] The Memory Painter makes quite a splash... On its surface, The Memory Painter reads like sci-fi. Fundamentally it speaks to the cultural, emotional, and spiritual connectedness that binds us all.” ―New York Journal of Books

“The Memory Painter is romantic and fun, full of history and science teased out at the perfect pace.” ―BookRiot

“Womack has crafted a dark story defined by fast-paced prose that at moments sings poetic...at the novel's conclusion, all story threads have been tightened into a snug, satisfying knot.” ―ZYZZYVA

“The chapters recounting [Bryan and Linz's] past lives are chock full of interesting historical tidbits...like being on a movie-themed ride at Disneyland.” ―Publishers Weekly

“In The Memory Painter, Gwendolyn Womack delivers a multi-layered debut novel like no other: passing through the veils of time and brimming with history, mystery, science, intrigue, and passion.” ―Katherine Neville, New York Times and No. 1 internationally bestselling author

“The Memory Painter is an absolute masterpiece. Spellbinding from beginning to end, this brilliantly woven tale of time-crossed lovers will keep you hooked well into the wee hours. Gwendolyn Womack is a storytelling virtuosa, whose sexy, action-packed mind-boggler of a book is destined to become a classic.” ―Anne Fortier, New York Times bestselling author of Juliet and The Lost Sisterhood

“A sweeping, mesmerizing feat of absolute magic. Ten thousand love stories, tales of revenge, inventions, histories, mysteries, and memories combine to serve up a complex and utterly riveting novel that leaves you with feelings of awe and wonder. A star is born!” ―M. J. Rose, New York Times bestselling author of The Witch of Painted Sorrows

“Layers of past and present form a rich pastry of a narrative--poignant and thoughtful, rich and suspenseful, filled with intrigue and dripping with meaning. Womack's meditation on the beautiful mystery of memory is a riveting read from cover to cover, leaving us with the breathless realization that while grief may be eternal, so is love.” ―Charlie Lovett, New York Times bestselling author of The Bookman's Tale and First Impressions

About the Author

Originally from Houston, Texas, GWENDOLYN WOMACK studied theater at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks and holds an MFA in Directing Theatre, Video, and Cinema from California Institute of the Arts. She is the USA Today bestselling author of The Fortune Teller and the RWA Prism Award-winning reincarnation thriller, The Memory Painter. She resides in Los Angeles with her family.

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Picador (April 28, 2015)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 125005303X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1250053039
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.12 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.43 x 1.12 x 9.47 inches

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Adventures with a paranormal twist. When a thriller, love story, and historical fiction is all rolled into one.

Gwendolyn Womack is the bestselling author of The Fortune Teller, The Memory Painter, and The Time Collector. Her novels are often called genre-bending thrill rides. The stories delve into all things mystical, from psychic ability, tarot, and psychometry, to reincarnation, time travel, and ancient astronauts.

Gwendolyn lives in Los Angeles with her family, paints, and photographs kaleidoscopes as a hobby. Find her online at www.gwendolynwomack.com.

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Mikka

Worth giving it a go.

Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2018

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A very excellent read! I had bought this book trying to go out of my comfort zone, since I already knew I would love Susannah Kearsley’s own series of books, and I’m glad I did. This story features reincarnation, timeless love, with a bit of suspense and possibly sci-fi. I really liked the premise of the story, and while a bit slow, it can grow on the reader. At the end there is an unexpected plot twist, but I feel that the author could have extended it by quite a few pages to flesh out what happened to the characters in the end. It made me think the author had a page quota they could not break and had to distill some of the more important events leading to the ending. For those of you looking for a plot summary, you won’t find one here, but all in all a very interesting and good read! (P.s. the four stars is due to the fact the book could have been longer!)

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lori

Possibly the greatest love story ever told!

Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2019

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What a page turner. I could barely put it down.

I am a forever fan of Ms. Womack.

The way she wound the different lives of these people together is simply amazing. I admit, it gets a little confusing following the past lives of the 2 main characters and how they all came together to be the 2 main characters. at the end.

The book begins in the present and travels as far back as 10,000bc. There are many stops along the way in all different parts of the world. There are some whopping surprises in connecting Bryan and Linz's life. They made my jaw drop because Ms. Womack did a wonderful job making me, the reader, question who is who!

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Ubookquitous

Creative plot

Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2016

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The Memory Painter by Gwendolyn Womack has a great premise. An artist, Bryan, has been haunted his whole life with 'remembering' previous lives. He has no control over it, and goes into a fugue-like state where he paints a scene from that life. Interestingly he gains the skills of the individual - chess master level chess skills, fluency in the language, samurai fighting skills and so on. One day he meets Lyns, a specialist in brain chemistry and memory. He recognizes her as a soul he's been connected to repeatedly. She has had recurring nightmares about being put to death in 3rd century Rome. She is shocked when she see's Bryan's painting of that nightmare.

Over the course of the novel, Bryan tries to convince Lyns of their connection, but his most recent memories of he last life point to Lyns' father's involvement in his death, along with Lyns in her previous incarnation. The novel moves at a good clip and we see Bryan in various incarnations and Lyns as she tries to make sense of all the seemingly random connections with Bryan. The individual lives are interesting, eventually bringing the reader to ancient Egypt and the idea that there was once an advanced civilization whose knowledge was lost to later generations. The idea is well executed and based on the nature of the past lives connections, plot incidences that might otherwise feel coincidental or even 'deus ex machina" make sense in the context. The characters were distinct enough and there were enough twists and suspense to keep my engagement high. Then ending worked well, although it left enough open that I wonder if there will be a sequel.

I enjoyed the dips into history and the brushes with the famous. Womack knew her the individuals she based 'past lives' on as well as their settings and the history. Womack used myth well to pull the threads together. While not the literary event of the year, it was an entertaining read that was thought provoking. Over all I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a fast-paced mystery based in science and in history.

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Fun Thriller-Romance ~ Possibly Beyond Fantasy

Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2018

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This was exhilarating and for ‘some of us who believe’, almost non-fictional and reaffirming. I couldn’t put it down so I reread some chapters a second time to see if I’d missed a connection. I guess one of my favorite sections was the Viking experience and my surprise when Bryan was in Canada and led to former Viking explorers, now Egyptologists. I never guessed ‘Seth’ till the very end and loved how Bryan's ‘Mom’ Barbara had returned to this lifetime for him. There are many stories within the main story where Bryan is trying to reunite with his eternal love and find out who he is. I enjoyed learning some neurological information on Linz's side of the story. The settings and characters come alive and the most fascinating part is Early Egypt. I’ll be sharing this novel with friends and family for sure!

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sylvia Brimson

The memory painter

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 2, 2018

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An enjoyable book, well written but I preferred her other book

Seafire

Fascinating glimpses into the past

Reviewed in Italy on November 15, 2020

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I enjoyed the glimpses into so many different pasts... Viking, Chinese, ancient Egypt, even recent contemporary history, plus a few others historical times that escape me now. I didn't find the characters themselves particularly engrossing - they seemed like quick pencil sketches, rather than deep painterly portraits, and the idea that you could absorb languages and skills as well as the original characters didn't convince - but the book certainly kept me reading.

W.H.

Mega fesselnde Story

Reviewed in Germany on June 18, 2015

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Nachdem der berühmte Reinkanations Forscher und Autor Brian L. Weiss dieses Buch auf Twitter empfahl, habe ich es sofort heruntergeladen und in ein paar Tagen verschlungen. Multiple Inkarnationen einer einzigen Person in eine wundervolle und fantasienreiche Geschichte verpackt, spannend und aufschlussreich darüber, wie es so läuft, wenn wir kommen und gehen und kommen und gehen. Das Buch zeigt so anschaulich und gut verständlich die Verbindung und Verbundenheit der Seelen über viele Leben hinweg, deren gemeinsame Erlebnisse und Lernaufgaben und dass sie WAHRE Verbindung nie verloren gehen kann. Spannende Zeilen, Geschichten aus verschiedenen Epochen und Lebzeiten geben ein gutes Gefühl, dass alles was ist, so sein muss, wie es ist. Mir persönlich gefällt das Buch sehr gut - im Prinzip ein Roman, der, wenn man sich mit dem Thema auseinandersetzen möchte, einen schönen Zugang bietet. UND: spannend, spannend, spannend bis zur letzten Seite!!!!!

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H. Doidge-Sidhu

Lovely

Reviewed in Canada on March 2, 2019

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A fun, fascinating read. History, reincarnation, lost loves, and mystical power. Lots of fun, and I've already downloaded her next two books without even reading their synopses. I'm that sure they'll be good.

LibLac

Excellent Read

Reviewed in Canada on October 17, 2021

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5 Stars! This is a keepyouontheedgeofyourseat kinda book! I finished it in one day. It us a Time travellers delight

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