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What Alice Forgot

By: Liane Moriarty
Narrated by: Tamara Lovatt-Smith
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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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Great Book!

This book got me from the first "page!" I loved this one, could not stop listening!

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I really enjoyed the narration as well as the story. Many of the characters are well developed. It made me wonder what I'd think about my life if I couldn't remember the last 10 years of it.

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Can't go wrong with Liane Moriarty!

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This isn't my favorite book by Liane Moriarty but it's still a great book!! I truly enjoyed it.

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The narration is fantastic. I love Tamara Lovatt-Smiths' accent, very fitting to the characters.

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Very Poignant For Me

I listened to this book at a time in my life when I was dealing with the loss of a loved one, parenting small children, and at a difficult time in my marriage, so this book was very relatable and helpful for me. I read it because I enjoyed the Big Little Lies HBO miniseries and wanted to know more about the author.

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Alice Forgot

the book is remarkably good. i had high hopes for this book, based on the author's previous and excellent books.

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Heartfelt

Loved this book and was so relatable I found myself agreeing,laughing and getting upset along side the characters.

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Well-Written Lifetime Fare

I loved Big Little Lies and Liane Moriarty's writing, which is why I picked this book. It's definitely not anything I tend to like: I would pitch this as the chick-lit version of Freaky Friday. Still, I listened compulsively, even though the subject matter and characters didn't interest me much.

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Better than Big Little Lies

As a 30-something female, I can admit that the reason I enjoyed this book so much was because it was very relatable. Trying to catapult my imagination into what my life *could* look like 10 years from now is something I do all the time, so I could completely identify with Alice's character who lost the previous 10 years of her memory: her happy marriage, birth of 3 children and the death of an extremely close "stranger" friend.

I'm officially a Liane Moriarty fan after this one. Definitely recommend!

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Slow start, but great story

Hard for me to follow the names and get interested the first hour. Narrator's voice didn't speak to me at first, but finally the character and her sister's stories pulled me in to appreciate the message of this book. What she forgot helped her to let go of the negativity and get a fresh chance to have a better life. I liked her sister's story especially.

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Inspiring to have my heart sing, again

Well written and inspiring. I related to so much of this story but Liana put it in words. The only thing missing was faith. Well done!

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