'What Alice Forgot'

Author:  Liane Moriarty
Date Read:  05/03/17
Published:  May 2010
PanMcMillian Australia

Gosh, this book was good... like way better than chick-lit ought to be. It was entertaining, yet thought-provoking: Witty, yet also emotional. It was romantic, yet also a realistic portrayal of the evolution of relationships.

What Alice Forgot is about a middle-aged woman named Alice who suffers a head injury, thereby losing her memory of the last ten years of her life. She goes to the gym as a thirty-eight year-old mother of three who is going through a divorce and wakes up on the gym floor thinking she's a twenty-eight year-old woman with a doting husband and their first baby on the way. She awakens with all of the sweetness and naivete her younger self possessed, only to find that in the past ten years she has alienated every one who was dear to her a decade ago. Alice tries to make sense of how she and her husband lost sight of what's most important and how their love turned to contempt and disdain over the years, while also juggling the fact that apparently she has a boyfriend and has become somewhat of a snarky bitch. On top of all that, she also has to learn how to take care of three children she doesn't even remember existing. This all makes for one heck of an entertaining read as Alice slowly unravels the mystery of the last ten years of her life and her "past self" meets her "current self." Such an interesting plot and so very well executed.

Call me crazy, but What Alice Forgot made me laugh, cry, and do a lot of self-reflecting. I absolutely adored it. I think it's safe to say that I won't be forgetting Alice any time soon.