A teen story with a difference. London Lane seems like any normal high
school student except that she can’t remember the past – her brain is wiped
clean at 4.33 every day – and worse, she can see what is going to happen next. But
when a new boy arrives in the school she can’t see him in the future but she
does have strange flashbacks to a funeral. Whose can it be? An original, tender
and funny story with familiar high school trappings.
The LoveReading Comment: Forgotten is the story of a girl for whom yesterday is lost, today is an adventure, and tomorrow is a memory. An unforgettable read. With the intrigue of Memento and the romance of The Time-Traveller's Wife, Forgotten is the perfect YA novel, with an utterly convincing teen voice, exquisite against-the-odds romance, a dark secret, and a heroine who is just like you or me except for one crucial detail... read to find out.
With the intrigue of Memento and the romance of The Time-Traveller's Wife, Forgotten is the perfect YA novel. London Lane cannot remember the past, she only remembers the future. She manages her condition by writing notes to herself each day. She has created a system that works and is living some semblance of a normal life. Then she meets Luke. Handsome, kind, unforgettable Luke. He triggers a dark memory and suddenly there are too many questions. Why can't London remember Luke? How long can she go falling in love with the same boy every day? Whose funeral is haunting her and how can she solve a mystery she doesn't remember? Forgotten is a heart-wrenching story about first love, and finding the truth in a past you can't remember.
On a rainy November morning, new-baby sleep deprived, Cat Patrick forgot what she was doing. She retraced her steps but instead of remembering, the idea for Forgotten was born. Cat lives near Seattle with her husband and two young children who now, thankfully, sleep through the night. Forgotten is her debut novel.
