Page Count: 423
Rating: 5 Waffles
Excerpt:
People kept asking her questions, in voices that were too loud, as if she were asleep, even though she was looking right at them. Did she remember falling over? Did she remember the trip in the ambulance? Did she know what day of the week it was? Did she know what date it was?
“Nineteen ninety-eight?” A harried-looking doctor peered down at her through glasses with red plastic rims. “Are you quite sure about that?”
“Yes,” said Alice. “I know its 1998 because my baby is due on August eight, 1999. Eighth of the eighth, ninety-nine. Easy to remember.”
“Because, you see, it’s actually 2008,” said the doctor.
Summary: Alice and her beloved, Nick, are expecting their first child. They have a ramshackle house that they’re fixing up together. Life couldn’t be more perfect for twenty-nine year-old Alice. Until she wakes up in a gym after misplacing the last ten years of her memory. Why are she and Nick splitting up? Why is Alice’s mother married to her horrid father-in-law? Who is Gina? How did Alice turn into a Super-Mom? And what exactly happened in those ten years that made her family fall apart?
What’s Up: First off, this is a little out of my range of YA books; What Alice Forgot is adult fiction. In fact, I snagged it from my mother’s bookshelf (so sorry Mummy dearest, I simply couldn’t pass it up). None the less, I was practically in love with the book before I even read the first page. I know, I know, it’s wrong to judge a book by its cover, but the summary on the inside cover pulled me right in. Now, about the actual story. The plot/storyline itself was phenomenal. The book certainly kept me coming back for more; I just could not put it down. Maybe it was just the topic of romance, or the uniqueness of Alice herself, but I am in love. Another thing I like was that there is not one story here, but three. There are two other points of view, as told by Alice’s sister, Elisabeth, and their “grandmother,” Frannie. Each character has her own individual struggles, yet they all work together wonderfully to fabricate one very, interesting story. In conclusion, I’m pretty sure I just found a new favorite book. J
Do I recommend it? Heck yes!! Even if adult fiction is out of your comfort zone, I still highly recommend it! In fact, I recommend you head straight to the nearest bookstore or library and pick up a copy for yourself. As in right now. So hurry up and go read this page-turning, romantic and funny book!
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