Published by Berkley in 2009
Genre(s): Contemporary, Adult, Fiction, Romance
Format: Paperback
Pages: 476
Goodreads
Alice Love is twenty-nine, 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 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.
I LOVED this book. Liane Moriarty has quickly jumped to the top of my favorite authors and I cannot get enough of her novels. Moriarty is an Australian author that incorporates her quick wit and charm into her novels, making the characters and the plot totally irresistible. (Moriarty used to write children's books- Thank you so much Liane for writing adult fiction!!) My sister bought this novel for herself and me so that we could read it together, as well as with another friend of ours, but it was so good I quickly finished before my friends because I could no put it down to pace myself. Alice falls and bumps her head, losing 10 years of memories, and when she comes back to, she can't believe the state of her life! She pieces the past 10 years together, while also trying to understand why everything and everyone around her has changed...or is it her that has changed, straying too far from who she hoped to have become. A great read that really puts life into perspective and helps you to realize that sometimes, you just need to take a step back and have another look at things.
