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[havefaith1]

54. What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty. Yes, amnesia, one of my favorite plot devices. I say this with a smile because it does sound silly and yet, in the right hands, they can be quite good stories. I was happy to see this handled with a deft hand by this author. Imagine forgetting the birth of your children and the death of a marriage

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Sounds interesting. Maybe I will read it.

[jessibud]

I have a kind of love-hate realtionship with Hoffman. Some of her books I really enjoyed, others I couldn't force myself through.

I actually walked up Masada to see the sunrise (only to have it be a totally overcast day thus no sunrise) when I lived in Israel. It was quite powerful.

Re: Sounds interesting. Maybe I will read it.

[havefaith1]

You walked up Masada? You lived in Israel? Ah, we ARE soul sisters! I've long wished to be in the desertscape of the Holy Land. A place that, despite my abhorrence of heat, is a place that speaks to me. The way Hoffman describes the light at each part of the day and year is so vivid. She has the gift of words for certain.
Re: Love/Hate with Hoffman - I couldn't agree more. Either I really, really like it or I put it down pretty quick. I forgive her the "misses" though because she has a great track record. The Dovekeepers was long and winding but I kept coming back for more.

We never talked about this?

[jessibud]

I lived there for 6 and a half years, way back in the 70s and 80s. A million years ago, it sometimes feels.

A conversation for another time, for sure...