My book club read What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarity. Last year we read Still Alice which was another novel written about a woman named Alice who lost her memory. What are the chances? This Alice had a concussion and lost all memory of the past ten years including the births of her three children. Can you imagine something like that happening? You wake up from hitting your head at the gym and wake up, not pregnant anymore, but the mother of three children? The book is set in a suburb of Sydney but it took me a long time to figure that out. With the kindergarten room mothers and the lines at school to pick up the kids it seemed Moriarty was writing about life in these United States. Helicoptering parents are universal I guess. The moral of the story is to pay close attention to what really matters. Don't get swept up by the business of parenthood and the competition with other parents. Stay true to yourself and your beliefs. Do it now. Don't wait to get knocked on the head to make it happen. We had a great discussion in my book club about this book. Moriarity is a big writer in Australia and one of the only writers ever to have three best sellers on the New York Times best seller list.
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