Helen Garner
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Indra Sinha
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Kristin Cashore
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The Memorist
by M. J. Rose
Publication Date: Nov 2008
Three people will each win a hardcover copy of The Memorist by M.J. Rose.
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From the Jacket
The dreads are back. As a child, Meers Logan was haunted by memories of another time and place, always accompanied by the faint strains of elusive music. Now the hand of the past has reached out again. An envelope addressed to her and delivered to the Phoenix Foundation—an institute dedicated to the recovery of past life memories—contains a childhood drawing of an elaborate box that Meers recognizes…and a sheet from an auction catalog identifying the object—which she spent years imagining— as an eighteenth-century gaming box.
Determined to unlock the mystery of who she once was, she travels to Vienna to find the box. With each step, she comes closer to remembering the connections between a clandestine reincarnationist society, the lost Memory Flute linked to Ludwig van Beethoven and rumored to open the door to the past, and to David Yalom, a journalist who knows all too well how the past affects the future.
Reviews
"Starred Review. Rose skillfully blends past-life mysteries with present-day chills. The result is a smashing good read." - Publishers Weekly.
"Starred Review. Rose once again skillfully blends past and present with a new set of absorbing characters in a fascinating historical locale for this gripping second in a series. Strongly recommended." - Library Journal.
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