Today it's my turn on the BlogTour The Girl You Forgot by Giselle Green.
Giselle Green is an award-winning, bestselling contemporary women's fiction author. Mum to six boys (half of whom have flown the nest) and owner of one bright orange-and-cinnamon canary who hopefully never will, Giselle enjoys creating emotionally-gripping storylines about family and relationships. Sign up here to her newsletter
Followr @gisellegreenuk on Twitter, On Facebook, on BookBub, on Goodreads, on Amazon, Visit gisellegreen.com, Buy The Girl You Forgot
About the book
Does the heart never really forget?
When Ava’s partner Will is diagnosed with a terminal brain tumour, the doctors give Will one chance to survive - an operation which means he will lose his recent memory. Ava begs him to take the chance, sure that she can cope with Will forgetting her. After all, they have something very special to live for.
But they are also keeping a heart-breaking secret, and if Will loses his memory, Ava will have to carry that secret alone. Can they rebuild their love from scratch or will their secrets and past come between them? Will Ava really be a stranger when Will wakes up – or does the heart never really forget…
Life changes forever when Will has to make a choice between death and life without all of his recent memories. He would rather choose death than forgetting, despite having girlfriend and a child on the way. Ava needs him to make a choice that means they can all be together, but life is never that simple.
I think what happens to Will is very reminiscent of people with certain mental health issues who feel their creativity is somehow curbed by the medication they have to take to be able to function as what is considered to be the 'norm' in society, and obviously not to endanger themselves or others. Will has to come to terms with the thought that the Will-before no longer exists, which also means Will-after might not ever be able to connect with the part of himself that made his creative juices flow. Perhaps those ties have been severed forever.
It not only pushes him into an existential crisis of sorts it also creates a kind of depressive state, one that seems to envelop him when he isn't interacting with others. Is that because he is trying hard to act the way others, especially Ava, expect him to? In essence that means he isn't really being truthful with himself and others at any given point in time after the surgery. Expectation vs reality, being truthful equals disappointment for someone he cares about.
I really liked the premise of a choice between death or having nearly a decade of your life taken away from you. No memories of people, experiences or emotions that you may have experienced. Being vulnerable throughout because you are automatically at the mercy of those who choose to tell you the truth or lie instead. It's not like you will know the difference because that part of your memory is gone for good.
Green kind of plays with the notion of loyalty, honesty and emotional stability, which is based for the greater part on relationships with others. I found it an intriguing read just based on that core premise.
Buy The Girl You Forgot at Amazon Uk or go to Goodreads for any other retailer. Publisher: Boldwood Books; pub date 11 Aug. 2020. Buy at Amazon com.
No comments:
Post a Comment