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by Joanna Luloff
"There is a smudge where my memory is supposed to be."
Claire wakes in a hospital room in the Florida Keys. She has no idea how she got there or why. The loss of so many memories is paralyzing. Some things she can piece together by looking at old photos saved by her husband, Charlie, and her best friend, Rachel, and by combing through boxes of letters and casual jottings. But she senses a mystery at the center of all these fragments of her past, a feeling that something is not complete. Is Charlie still her husband? Is Rachel still her friend?
Told from alternating points of view that pull the reader into the minds of the three characters, the story unfolds as the smudge that covers Claire's memory is gradually, steadily wiped away, until finally she can understand the why and the how of her life. And then maybe she and Charlie and Rachel can move forward, but with their lives forever changed.
In Remind Me Again What Happened, debut novelist Joanna Luloff has written a moving and beautifully nuanced story of transience, the ebb and flow of time, and how relationships shift and are reconfigured by each day, hour, and minute.
"Using thriller conventions to meditate on memory, the novel nonetheless raises pointed questions about just how reliable any narrative of one's life can be." - Publishers Weekly
"A novel of sonorous character study, showing both the limits and allure of truly knowing another person - and oneself." - Kirkus
"From Luloff (The Beach at Galle Road, 2012), this is a thought-provoking exploration of love, relationships, and the role of the past in defining the present." - Booklist
"Remind Me Again What Happened is a gripping debut novel, and Joanna Luloff is a writer to watch!" - Dan Chaon, author of Ill Will
"Remind Me Again What Happened is a profound and elegiac exploration of the relationship between memory and identity, the way one has the power to remake the other. Joanna Luloff is a splendid writer, and this haunting novel is a wonderful testament to her gifts." - Laura van den Berg, author of Find Me
"I'm a great fan of Joanna Luloff's lovely book, The Beach at Galle Road. The aptly titled Remind Me Again What Happened takes it to another level. The novel is a powerful yet intimate, even achingly honest, examination of love, friendship, betrayal, and the limits of repentance. Highly recommended." - Peter Orner, author of Underground America
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Joanna Luloff is the author of a story collection, The Beach at Galle Road, a Barnes & Noble Discover selection. She lives in Denver, where she teaches at the University of Colorado.
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