• We Came Here to Forget

  • A Novel
  • By: Andrea Dunlop
  • Narrated by: Julia Whelan
  • Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (327 ratings)

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We Came Here to Forget

By: Andrea Dunlop
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
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Publisher's summary

From the author of She Regrets Nothing, which BuzzFeed called a “sharp, glittering story of wealth, family, and fate”, comes a vivid novel about a young Olympic skier who loses everything and escapes to Buenos Aires, where she reinvents herself, meets a colorful group of ex-pats, and becomes enmeshed with a man keeping dark secrets of his own.

Katie Cleary has always known exactly what she wants: to be the best skier in the world. As a teenager, she leaves her home to live and train full-time with her two best friends, all-American brothers Luke and Blair, whose wealthy father has hired the best coaches money can buy. Together, they are the USA’s best shot at bringing home Olympic gold.

But as the upward trajectory of Katie’s elite skiing career nears its zenith, a terrifying truth about her sister becomes impossible to ignore - one that will lay ruin not only to Katie’s career, but to her family and her relationship with Luke and Blair.

With her life shattered and nothing left to lose, Katie flees the snowy mountainsides of home for Buenos Aires. There, she reinvents herself as Liz Sullivan and meets a colorful group of ex-pats and the alluring, charismatic Gianluca Fortunado, a tango teacher with secrets of his own. This beautiful city, with its dark history and wild promise, seems like the perfect refuge, but can she really outrun her demons?

In alternating chapters, Katie grows up, falls in love, and races down the highest peaks on the planet - while Liz is reborn, falls into lust, and sinks into the underground tango scene at the bottom of the world. From the moneyed ski chalets of the American West to the dimly lit milongas of Argentina, We Came Here to Forget explores what it means to dream, to desire, to achieve - and what’s left behind after it all disappears.

©2019 Andrea Dunlop (P)2019 Simon & Schuster Audio

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Incredible!

Complex and real relationships in an entertaining and engaging story. We all have a reason to forget

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I forced myself to finish it

The MC truly frustrated me.
Honestly, if it weren't for Julia Whelan I probably would've stopped the book several chapters in.
In the first few chapters it was really interesting and then it was "all downhill" from there. :/
The ending was almost lazy, especially because the plot was SO drawn out just for it to end abruptly.

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We Came Here to Forget

This was a great story, that rings of the truth of a very severe problem. Great information, don’t miss this novel! Great narration, and wonderful author!! Kudos!!

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Hypnotizing Read

I greatly enjoyed this story. the voice talent, Julia Whelan, was fabulous with her varied accents and tones of voice. Andrea Dunlop has created a weave of reality with her fiction that drew me in and kept me listening to the end. The reality of factitious disorder by proxy is terrifyingly real and she portrays it honestly in this fictive story.

as someone who is asexual, I will say that the sexual scenes were not difficult to listen to. though I did skip the longest one because of my discomfort. her writing is enjoyable and so I kept going.

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sad story

so sad. but easy to listen to. love this narrator. she is my favorite
I was confused by the Edward interactions in the beginning, he was too elusive. I would either make him more or less accessible as to not confuse to reader.
I can not seem to like G, he is a douchebag through and through. Narcissistic, like her sister, maybe its why she is drawn to him?
anyway, easy listening, was always struggling to stop and save more for my next commute

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Left wanting more

I love a curious ending- but, this was so well written that I expected it to be tied up with some sort of bow at the end.
It felt a little rushed. A good listen nonetheless!

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My Heart Hurts

This is a heart wrenching book that I couldn’t put down. Every character ‘s life is affected by the sad mental illness of one person. . Well told and developed story of what happens to families when one they love is affected by this disease.

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Where do you go to forget?

I enjoyed this story and the performance. I started this book on a drive and once I was an hour in and I knew I was going to have to keep going until I finished. I couldn’t wait to hear how the characters all played out in this novel. Just what I needed in a fiction book this week😊

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A fun escape!

This novel is a fun escape with unique characters intertwining their desire to escape the world.

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Loved this book

I wasn’t sure what to expect but was pleasantly surprised by this moving story of identity and sisterhood. The main character, Katie/Liz was relatable despite her outsized problems and bad boyfriends. The effects of her family member’s mental illness on her life was plausible—even if the putative "disorder” is somewhat sensationalized. And, of course, the great Julia Whelan is the best narrator in the business.

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