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Book Review of The Memory Box

The Memory Box
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I don't know where to begin! This book had such promise as a bunch of privileged suburban wives having nothing to do but play games and Google each other looking for secrets. When Caroline decides to Google herself, she uses her maiden name no one else knows and finds facts about herself and her family that she frantically rejects.

Caroline tries to find out why she remembers her past as being totally different from what she discovers online. She seeks help with a psychologist and was bewildered when he said she was a former patient.

It's like a "Tilt-A-Whirl" from then on along with the dizziness and much confusion! So many twists and turns you can't keep up with, turned frenzied Caroline into an emotional trainwreck.

This story kept me reading into the wee hours of the night, All I can say is the disbelief at the ending was stunning!