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The remindersVal Emmich

The reminders

2017267 pages
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"What happens when a girl who can't forget befriends a man who's desperate to remember?"--Jacket. Grief-stricken over his partner Sydney's death, Gavin sets fire to every reminder in the couple's home before fleeing Los Angeles for New Jersey. There he hopes to find peace with the family of an old friend. Joan, the family's ten-year-old daughter, was born Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory, or HSAM: the rare ability to recall every day of her life in cinematic detail. She knew Sydney, and her uncanny mind contains startlingly vivid memories of him. In return for sharing her memories of…

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4 editions
  • Paperback · English · 2018
    Picador · 224 pages · 9781509829415
  • Paperback · English · 2018
    Back Bay Books · 320 pages · 9780316317023
  • Hardcover · English · 2017
    Pan Macmillan · 224 pages · 9781509829422
  • Other · English · 2017
    Little, Brown and Company · 310 pages · 9780316316996
GriefPhotographic memoryGay couplesLoss (Psychology)FictionFiction, generalNew jersey, fictionFICTION / Literary