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“Remember Me?” by Sophia Kinsella
I usually peruse the new book section of the library as a habit. Chick lit author Sophie Kinsella (who also writes as Madeleine Wickham) is generally known for her Shopaholic series which readers either love — or absolutely don’t love. Her latest “Remember Me?” of March 2008 is a page turner, one of the guilty pleasure books versus the calibre of flaunting of reading “War and Peace” to literary friends. I started reading “Remember Me?” after work on a Friday night and finished the 389 pages on Saturday morning — with a bit of sleep in between for good measure.
Twenty-eight-year-old Lexit Smart wakes up in a London hospital with no recollection of her past three years — and a bit has happened in that time, including some plastic surgery, weight loss, capping of teeth, job promotion, new set of friends, new expensive home, and a husband to boot. We go with her as she discovers not only what has happened, how these things happened….and what she wants to have in her life. Amnesia, rather than existing simply to confuse her, is a motivating wake-up call for a reality check of looking at her values and needs within a luxurious setting with humor laced throughout.