What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty

What Alice Forgot

by Liane Moriarty

From the bestselling author behind the addictive, award-winning HBO sensation BIG LITTLE LIES comes the compelling and thought-provoking story of love, life and memory

'Gripping, thought-provoking and funny'
MARIE CLAIRE
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How can ten years of your life just disappear?


Alice is twenty-nine.

She adores sleep, chocolate, and her ramshackle new house.

She's newly engaged to the wonderful Nick, and is pregnant with her first baby. But there's just one problem.

That was ten years ago . . .


Alice slipped in her step-aerobics class, hit her head and lost a decade.

Now she's a grown-up, bossy mother of three in the middle of a nasty divorce and her beloved sister Elisabeth isn't speaking to her.

This is her life, but not as she knows it.


Just how many mistakes can you make in a decade?


Can she ever get back to the woman she used to be?

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'Captivating'
Closer

'Funny and knowing about what we choose to remember, and fight to forget'
O Magazine

'A bittersweet tale by a gifted writer'
Woman's Weekly

Praise for Liane Moriarty

'Moriarty writes vividly, wittily and wickedly' Sunday Express

'Mistress of the razor-sharp observation' Kate Morton

'An extraordinary talent' Nicole Kidman

'Keeps you guessing to the very end - perfect summer read' Reese Witherspoon

Reviewed by Sam@WLABB on

5 of 5 stars

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Seriously. I have such a girl crush on Liane Moriarty. She writes books, that make me happy. Her stories always weave many people's lives together seamlessly, and she gives us that twist, just to make sure we are paying attention. Every. Time.

What Alice Forgot is about so much more than just losing her memory of the past 10 years. It's about her forgetting who she was, and what was important to her. It was her losing sight of the people who were important to her, and the relationships that she really valued. Moriarty's books always have these beautifully complex characters, who you instantly become attached to. I wanted Alice to keep being the "old Alice", I wanted things to work out for Libby, I even wanted Madison to find some peace.

Another great Moriarty book!

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