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What Alice Forgot

By: Liane Moriarty
Narrated by: Tamara Lovatt-Smith
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Publisher's summary

From the number one New York Times best-selling author of The Husband's Secret and Big Little Lies

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

Alice Love is 29, 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....

©2011 Liane Moriarty (P)2011 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

"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)

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Caught me from the beginning

This novel caught me from the first pages and didn’t let go. Happy endings but not totally predictable.

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I love this story

I can’t count how often I listen to this book. It is a lot. Hahaha it gives me the pause that I sometimes need when I let life get too busy and I take myself too seriously. Slow down, enjoy the moment. You don’t get a re-do in life

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Easy, beautiful story

I love everything by this author and this performer, such an easy and captivating listen

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Such an easy and enjoyable listen

The narration was so pleasant. The relationships felt real, the plot didn’t seem forced, and it had just enough intrigue to stay in the realm of all things possible but definitely interesting. I hope this gets turned into a miniseries.

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Moriarty understands…

It’s difficult to understand some of the other reviews I’ve skimmed through who give this less than 5 stars.

While I can’t fully empathize with any of the main characters, since our lives are so different, still, they’re all so relatable and real—deeply flawed, raw, tender, silly, stupid, hardened, selfish, generous… in turns—all of what humans ARE. The rollercoaster ride Alice takes the reader on, in just being herself, is what makes Moriarty’s writing great literature. People aren’t simple and neither are their relationships.

This author understands that, sees with remarkably perceptive depth, and takes us along, yet again, into the complicated tapestry of Alice, her family, and friends’ lives.

I’m a little jealous of these fictitious, but almost real, characters. But glad for them, too. Because, after all, “what the world needs [now & always] is love”—the kind that survives and grows through the messiness.

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It was okay

The premise was interesting, and I didn’t actually mind the performance - but the story took way too long to unfold. It was hard to root for Alice. There are some implied opinions/views about infertility and (international/transracial) adoption that were cringey and off-putting. Not everyone who has had these experiences IRL will (or should) feel or act the same way the characters do in the story, and I felt like there was not a lot of room for nuance. There were also some really beautiful, tender moments in the book too. The ending was meh.

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Made for Tv Worthy

This played out in my head like a Lifetime movie that I can’t wait to see.

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Overall Good

I mostly enjoyed this book. The characters were interesting and the narrator was good. I could do without discussing weight. It’s mentioned a few times and it always made me feel blech.

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Beautiful story told in an interesting way

Really enjoyed this book and the format the author chose to tell the story. Sometimes I felt Elizabeth’s story was a bit dragged out but I think it was for the reader to feel frustration as perhaps the character did.
The story is a bit sad but definitely told in an attention grabbing, keeping your interest all the way through.

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I love it!

I greatly appreciate Lianne Moriarty and have enjoyed all of her books for different reasons. I enjoyed the audible presentation and the narrative style of Tamara Lovatt-Smith as well. Very well done!

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