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What Alice Forgot
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What Alice Forgot

Written by Liane Moriarty

Narrated by Tamara Lovatt Smith

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

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What would happen if you were visited by your younger self, and got a chance for a do-over?

Alice Love is twenty-nine years old, madly in love with her husband, and pregnant with their first child. So imagine her surprise when, after a fall, she comes to on the floor of a gym (a gym! she HATES the gym!) and discovers that she's actually thirty-nine, has three children, and is in the midst of an acrimonious divorce.A knock on the head has misplaced ten years of her life, and Alice isn't sure she likes who she's become. It turns out, though, that forgetting might be the most memorable thing that has ever happened to Alice.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateSep 20, 2011
ISBN9781101555019
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What Alice Forgot
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Liane Moriarty

Liane Moriarty is the number-one New York Times bestselling author of Big Little Lies, The Husband's Secret, and What Alice Forgot, as well as The Hypnotist's Love Story, Three Wishes, The Last Anniversary, and the Nicola Berry series for children. Liane lives in Sydney, Australia, with her husband and two children. www.lianemoriarty.com.au

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    3.5 stars. There were moments in this book when I thought the author brilliant, and other times when I was rolling my eyes while reading. I loved the middle of the book when the story reached its climax, but the rest of it was just okay for me.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    First off the language was a huge distraction for me, so much swearing! I really don't understand why authors feel the need to include swear words at all, let alone on nearly every page. Just take them out and I bet no one will even notice they are missing- but leave them on and you've alienated a big audience that either finds it offensive or believes anyone who has such a limited vocabulary has no business writing books.

    If it weren't for the language, I would give this book four stars. I loved the plot and the message that relationships are not easy and are worth working to save.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    What Alice Forgot sat in my "to read" pile for some time before I decided to actually pick it up. It was one of the books that you really want to enjoy, but it fell short... very, very short.Alice Love wakes up on the floor of her gym after falling during a spin class... a spin class she doesn't remember taking, a trip to the gym she would have scoffed at, 10 years ago. That is exactly where Alice's memory went. A trip back in time 10 years to when she was 29, happily married and expecting her first child.As she tries to piece together her memory or any recollections of her current life at 39 she finds it difficult to obtain information. All her friends are tip toeing around her questions, as though keeping her own life a secret from her. She learns her life is nothing like she remembers, instead she is a mother of 3 and in the midst of divorcing the love of her life.Right there is where I decided I was going to love this book and then we tanked.Scattered throughout the book are journal entries to Alice's sisters therapist. It felt almost randomly out of nowhere there would be an entry. It became annoying.There was so much repetition throughout it was easy to get sidetracked and for your mind to wander. A few times I forgot what had just happened because we were just filling pages.All in all... the book had a great deal of potential, but it fell short in lack of direction of conciseness.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    After Alice suffers a concussion, she awakens to a world ten years ahead of her memories. The pathos of her plight shifts from hilarious to mortifying and back again as she encounters the vast changes in her friends, her family and herself over that ten-year period. Can't wait to discuss this at book club!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I really enjoyed this book. It was quite interesting. The main character (Alice) falls at spin class and when she comes to, she has no memory of the last ten years of her life. She has had children, her husband now runs his company, they have money so she does not need to work, she is the go to mom for volunteering and she is separated. Lots of twists and turns. I love the side stories about her family, her sister who is trying to conceive through IVF, her mom who has remarried, and her adopted grandma who is now in a nursing home. It is a lot fun, some tears and a lot of drama that happens in all families. Once I started reading, I did not want to put it down until it ended. A great story.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    What Alice Forgotby Liane Moriarty 2012 Berkley Books3.0 /5.0Alice Love of Sydney, Australia wakes up on the floor of a gym. She doesn't remember anything, but is told she passed out in Spinning Class. A bump on her head has given her amnesia and she is taken back 10 years. Before her divorce. Before her children were born. She doesn't understand what happened to her and is confused how to find out about her "lost" time.This book is about amnesia, marriage and for me, a reminder of how important communication is, how important it is to keep whats important to you, close.I really wanted to love this book. I was intrigued and interested by the description. The writing was compelling, but the characters all had a similar/sameness to them that made it hard for me to relate or connect to them. Alice and her sister were so similar, too similar, for one. Id still recommend this book. Its well worth reading.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    An intriguing tale that pits past against present in a marriage that’s falling apart, What Alice Forgot is the frequently laugh-out-loud funny, evocatively curious and compelling, and ultimately satisfying tale of a 39-year-old woman who “loses” 10 years-worth of memories in a freak accident. Throughout, the reader wonders what’s lost, whether it’s worth recovering, and what will happen if/when the truth comes out. Just how different are we at 39 than 29? What changes does childbearing and rearing bring? And how do two people so deeply in love fall so irredeemably apart?Other, deeper questions hide beneath the surface of this novel—not just the secrets life keeps from Alice, but those we keep from ourselves, the certainties that drive us to ignore what really matters in relationships, and the separations we somehow, accidentally, allow to occur. Everything viewed anew becomes new—a lens readers might well apply to their own lives.Wisdom hidden beneath the humor, hope behind the plot, and depth bubbling through the shallowness of Alice’s everyday life… it’s a compelling mix and a truly absorbing tale.Disclosure: A friend loaned me her copy. Thank you Judy! I loved it (and want to buy my own copy now!)
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    The more engaging parts for me were Elisabeth's Homework for her therapist and Frannie's letters to Phil.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Another great Liane Moriarty story. Loved the writing, the characters and the story line. It took me a little longer than normal with her books to get through it. However, I really liked it.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Not bad. Not great. Somewhere in the middle, and a good light, summer read.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This was a first book I read in this genre. Im normally a fantasy-mystery kind of a woman. But I couldn't put this book down. A wonderful read a out real struggles of real women, and how all of your decisions affect your children. A must read! And the movie adaptation is coming in 2017 , so excited!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Once again, Liane Moriarty had me tearing through her novel! I think this book is older than some of the others I've read, but that didn't matter. I feel so connected to the character, and Moriarty always had a way of keeping me on the edge of my seat, wondering what will happen next!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    When Alice falls off her bike in spin class, she hits her head. In addition, she is transported back ten years, with no memory of the present. A very interesting, thought provoking book. Made me introspective about me ten years back, how I would be different. Good discussion questions at the end. I think this is primarily a woman's book.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Interesting thoughts on marriage relationships, otherwise typically Liane comedy of a big event kept hidden from the reader.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I loved this book! It was engaging, thought-provoking, clever, and funny.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Liane Moriairty writes a very readable novel. Her characters are interesting and believable. Story line includes a weighty topic, but using a light touch. Only downside is the number of incidental characters included, but not fleshed out.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Believable characters helped make a good story better.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    A great easy or travel read - engaging with an ending that actually left me with a little to think about. As with Moriarty, there are a lot of shallow characters to endure, but still a fun read.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    A fun if implausible premise: Alice hits her head at the gym and loses all memory of the previous ten years. She comes to realize that she has become a completely different person: a competitive, snobby, wealthy yummy mummy, divorcing her beloved husband, with stressed-out children with whom she has no meaningful relationship. As she pieces together how she got this way, her memory starts to come back. The tagline: "was losing her memory the best thing that ever happened to her?" goes a long way to describe the premise.A thoroughly diverting read, well-written and close to home in some ways, as I am at a similar life stage. While not a deep work of fiction, there was some interesting insight into how and why we turn out the way we do.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    really enjoyed this book. a woman has an accident at the gym and can't remember the last ten years of her life. her family members rush to her side to try to help her, and everyone's stories unfold!! loved all the characters and each narrative. very good women's fiction!!!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Miroslav Volf raises the idea of intentional forgetting as a part of reconciliation. This story explores that idea as well; how might relationship be reconciled if we could forget that which created separation? I also liked the exploration of how life proceeds in ways we do not imagine. What would our 30 year old selves think of our 40 or 50 year old selves? What might the ages have to share with each other?
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Alice Love wakes up in her spin class after falling and hitting her head. Her first thought? ' Why am I in a spin class?' You see, 29 year old Alice loves sleeping in, chocolate, her lovely life with her husband Nick, their eager preparations for their first child. She definitely does not love the gym!There is a much bigger problem than the gym, however. In fact, Alice has no memory of the past ten years. Alice and Nick are in the middle of a nasty divorce, the baby is now ten years old (there are two more besides) and Alice has become a gym loving, obsessive control freak with a boyfriend and no idea where the past ten years went or how she got to be the person she is today. As Alice slowly regains her memory she has the opportunity to examine her life and determine what is important to her.Two other storylines in the book are interesting as well. Alice's sister, Elizabeth struggles with infertility and her grandmother, Frannie, writes frequent letters to a 'mystery man'. The three stories intertwine to make an enjoyable read.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I love Moriarty's work and this one was no exception. The premise is that a woman takes a fall at a gym and when she wakes up she's lost her memory of the last ten years. Her last memory is of being pregnant with her first child while renovating an old home with her sweet husband Nick. When she wakes up her baby is 10-years-old and she and her husband are in the midst of a nasty divorce. I read it while pregnant, which definitely colored my view of the novel. I couldn't imagine waking up one day and realizing that my tiny baby who wasn't even born yet in my memory was now a young woman. There was a terrifying element to the book because of that. Alice feels so helpless because she doesn't know how she became the woman that everyone else knows her to be. Alice's sister Elizabeth is a fascinating character throughout the book. She and her husband have struggled with infertility. She has thrown herself into her work, but she aches with the absence of a child. I also loved the relationship between Alice and her three children. BOTTOM LINE: Loved it. It hit me a bit deeper than it might have at another time in life.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I'm not sure I've read one of Moriarty's books that I haven't given 5 stars to, and this one is no exception. Alice falls and hits her head at the gym. When she comes to, she learns that instead of being 29 years old and pregnant with her first child, she is 39 years old, has 3 children, and is getting a divorce. When released from the hospital, she goes home and tries to figure out who she really is, who her children are, what has happened to her life and her family, and why she doesn't remember. She isn't even sure she wants to remember. Can she go back and make things right? Does she want to? Can she? While this is Alice's story, the supporting characters (her sister, her husband, her mother, her "adopted" grandmother, and others) all play important parts too. The book really made me think about my life, where it's been, where it's going, where do I want it to go, and who I want in my life.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Fun beach read. There are many parts of this story that had me rolling my eyes because it was too silly and unrealistic, but Liane Moriarty is a good enough writer that she had me interested regardless.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Pitch perfect women's fiction with more substance than the cover design suggests. One of her best!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Alice bumps her head and thinks it 1998 when it's 10 years later. She is going through a divorce and has 3 children she doesn't remember having. Very interesting to think about. Do I like the old Alice or the younger Alice?What would your younger self think of you now?Well written very interesting book. Not the chick- lit I thought it would be.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This is the kind of "what if" story that I find intriguing. Alice suffers a head injury and loses the last 10 years of her memory -- she is, she thinks, pregnant with her first child. In truth, she has three children and is in the process of divorcing her husband, Nick. As Alice tries to piece her life back together, we see the person she was in stark contrast to the person she's become...the plot removes all the subtle shifts of personality and situations over time. The story is well written so it provoked a lot of thought for me about my own life, as well as about what Alice should do. (I think she made the right choice in the end!)
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    What would your ten-years-ago self say about your life if she stepped into it this morning? Would you like the way you've been conducting your life? Has it turned out the way you had planned? Is the person you are now the person you wanted to be? These are the questions that Alice grapples with after she wakes up on the floor of a gym one morning with a head injury, unexpectedly 39 and divorcing, with three children, instead of 29 and pregnant with their first child, as she remembers being yesterday. There were some page-turning questions that kept me up into the wee hours of the morning - will Alice reconcile with her husband? Will she get her memory back? Who is this Gina that she keeps hazily remembering, and wouldn't she have been better forgotten? Liane Moriarty is a hell of a writer. Watching her reconnect with her sister, and her husband, and her life, makes you want to phone all the people you care about and share your own good memories - makes you think about the choices you've made, and the things you've kept and lost along the way. Everyone should read this book immediately.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    A great beach read. Alice takes a fall and hits her head and loses 10 years of her life. What would you like to forget?