What Alice Forgot

Brief Description: "First edition: Pan Macmillan Australia 2009"--T.p. verso. Review Quotes: "Funny and knowing... [about] what we choose to remember, and fight to forget." --"O magazine"Review Quotes: "Moriarity makes this more than just a one-note story, weaving in a plotline involving Alice's childless sister... intriguing... will keep readers guessing and curious to know more about Alice." --"Library Journal"Review Quotes: "An often funny, sometimes heartrending, deeply personal portrait of a woman attempting to unravel her own mystery." --"Booklist"Review Quotes: "Funny and captivating." --"Closer "(UK) Review Quotes: "I loved this original read." --"The Sun" (UK) Review Quotes: "Highly addictive." --"She "Magazine (UK; Book of the Month) Brief Description: Suffering an accident that causes her to forget the last ten years of her life, Alice is astonished to discover that she is thirty-nine years old, a mother of three children, and in the midst of an acrimonious divorce from a man she dearly loves. Biographical Note: Liane Moriarty is the author of "Big Little Lies," "The Hypnotist's Love Story," "The Husband's Secret, " "Three Wishes" and "The Last Anniversary. "Her work has been published around the world and translated into seven languages. She is also the author of the Nicola Berry series for children. Moriarty lives in Sydney, Australia, with her husband and two small, noisy children. Marc Notes: Copyright date: 2009.; Suffering an accident that causes her to forget the last ten years of her life, Alice is astonished to discover that she is thirty-nine years old, a mother of three children, and in the midst of an acrimonious divorce from a man she dearly loves.. Review Quotes: "The gripping story of a woman who wakes up with a bump on her head and no knowledge of the past ten years...an acutely observed romantic comedy that is both thought-provoking and funny."--"Marie Claire "(UK) Review Quotes: "The affecting tale of Alice's chance for a ten-year do-over."--"The New York Times " Review Quotes: "Grabbed me on the first page...a deep and wondrous novel." --Luanne Rice Review Quotes: "I loved this book. It has, for me, everything that makes a good novel excellent." --Jeanne Ray Review Quotes: "Heartfelt, witty, and thought-provoking...a story you'll remember." --Jennifer Crusie Review Quotes: "Winning...well-paced, and thoroughly pleasurable." --"Publishers Weekly" Publisher Marketing: From the author of the #1 "New York Times "bestseller, THE HUSBAND'S SECRET... SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM THE DIRECTOR OF "THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA" A "cheerfully engaging"* novel for anyone who's ever asked herself, "How did I get here?" 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 (a gym! She HATES the 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... *"Kirkus Reviews" Review Citations:

Publishers Weekly 03/14/2011 (EAN 9780399157189, Hardcover)

Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2011 (EAN 9780399157189, Hardcover)

Library Journal 05/01/2011 pg. 79 (EAN 9780399157189, Hardcover)

Booklist 05/01/2011 pg. 69 (EAN 9780399157189, Hardcover)

People Weekly 06/20/2011 pg. 64 (EAN 9780399157189, Hardcover)

Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2014 pg. 738 (EAN 9780399157189, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Moriarty, Liane Liane Moriarty is the number-one New York Times bestselling author of 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 small, noisy children.