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Love Water Memory
by Jennie Shortridge

Published: 2014-01-14
Paperback : 352 pages
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Inspired by a true story, this bittersweet novel about a woman with a rare form of amnesia explores the raw, tender complexities of relationships and personal identity. Library Journal calls it “an emotional heart-tugger that doesn’t go where readers might expect; a fascinating ...
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Inspired by a true story, this bittersweet novel about a woman with a rare form of amnesia explores the raw, tender complexities of relationships and personal identity. Library Journal calls it “an emotional heart-tugger that doesn’t go where readers might expect; a fascinating turnabout...”

If you could do it all over again, would you still choose him?

At age thirty-nine, Lucie Walker has no choice but to start her life over when she comes to, up to her knees in the chilly San Francisco Bay, with no idea how she got there or who she is. Her memory loss is caused by an emotional trauma she knows nothing about, and only when handsome, quiet Grady Goodall arrives at the hospital does she learn she has a home, a career, and a wedding just two months away. What went wrong? Grady seems to care for her, but Lucie is no more sure of him than she is of anything. As she collects the clues of her past self, she unlocks the mystery of what happened to her. The painful secrets she uncovers could hold the key to her future—if she trusts her heart enough to guide her.

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SHE BECAME AWARE of a commotion behind her as she stood gazing across an expanse of gray-blue water toward low mountains, a skiff of clouds. A bridge in the distance, familiar. She was looking for something, but what? Voices called out from behind her. Seagulls shrieked from the pier to her right. Just past them, the masts of tall ships creaked slowly back and forth as though they'd been there forever, and she was just now seeing them. ... view entire excerpt...

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Music on the author\\\'s website!
by dustyrose (see profile) 03/01/14
We found songs that Jennie and her band recorded that were inspired by the book, or in the book.

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  "Great story for discussion!"by Rose D. (see profile) 03/01/14

What if you woke up standing in the San Francisco Bay and had no idea who you were, or anything about you? This is the premise of this fascinating story about amnesia and trauma and the fallout on one... (read more)

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