A woman wakes up after an accident with three years missing, a perfect life she does not recognize and a husband she cannot remember
A life she does not remember
Lexi Smart goes to sleep in 2004 as a twenty-five-year-old with crooked teeth, frizzy hair, a dead-end job and a no-good boyfriend. She wakes up in a London hospital in 2007, after a car accident, to find that she has perfect teeth, a toned body, a designer handbag, a powerful job as a company director and a handsome, wealthy husband she has never seen before. She has no memory of the last three years.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who enjoy light, funny women's fiction with a clever premise, a lively heroine and a romantic twist.
What you will get
A funny, warm and clever comedy about a woman who wakes up with three years missing and a perfect life she is not sure she wants.
Remember Me? Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Romance · Amnesia · Comedy · Starting over
Length
400 pages · ≈ 12 h
More about this book
What would you do if you woke up as a version of yourself you did not recognize? Lexi tries gamely to step into her new life: the minimalist loft, the strict diet, the husband, Eric, who loves her in a rather organized way, and colleagues who seem to fear her. Her old friends, it turns out, no longer speak to her. Then a scruffy architect named Jon tells her a secret about her marriage that turns everything upside down.
Kinsella mines the premise for comedy, from Lexi's confusion about modern gadgets to her horror at her own cold-hearted business decisions, but there is a thoughtful question underneath: who are we, if not the sum of our memories? Lexi gradually tries to understand the woman she became and decide whether she wants to remain her. The romance is light and sweet, with no explicit content, and the pace is quick.
Breezy, funny and quietly thoughtful, a good choice for a holiday read. Fans of the Shopaholic books will find the same lively voice in a more grown-up story. About 400 pages in the Dial Press paperback.
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