Memory Box
by Margaret Forster | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 9780140284119 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 9780140284119 Global Overview for this book
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It is a paperback edition with 276 pages. !! With a Different Cover!!
From its cover:
A mother leaves her baby daughter a mysterious, sealed box before she dies. Years later, when Catherine opens her mother's box - the 'Memory Box' - she finds it full of strange, unexplained objects, carefully wrapped and numbered, like clues to a puzzle. Catherine never knew her mother, but her idealized image, as the 'perfect', beautiful and talented woman that the rest of her family remembers, has cast a long shadow over her life. As she tries to solve the mystery of the box of secrets, she is pulled into the past and to her mother's story, which reveals a woman far more complex, surprising and dangerous than the family legend has allowed. And in turn Catherine, fiercely independent and self-absorbed, discovers unexpected truths about herself.
Update: 2010.04.24.
I bumped into this book on someone's wishlist, but when I got it, the kind Bookcrosser deleted this book from her wishes, and left this book to me. A gift. It was a wonderful story.
I loved every word of it. Full of secrets, emotions, life stories, searching for the root, which is very important to understand ourselves. I enjoyed to read Catherine's thoughts, her own monologue. It reminds me to myself as I am used to speak to myself :)) and conclude the solution to my questions. Enthralling novel.
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From its cover:
A mother leaves her baby daughter a mysterious, sealed box before she dies. Years later, when Catherine opens her mother's box - the 'Memory Box' - she finds it full of strange, unexplained objects, carefully wrapped and numbered, like clues to a puzzle. Catherine never knew her mother, but her idealized image, as the 'perfect', beautiful and talented woman that the rest of her family remembers, has cast a long shadow over her life. As she tries to solve the mystery of the box of secrets, she is pulled into the past and to her mother's story, which reveals a woman far more complex, surprising and dangerous than the family legend has allowed. And in turn Catherine, fiercely independent and self-absorbed, discovers unexpected truths about herself.
Update: 2010.04.24.
I bumped into this book on someone's wishlist, but when I got it, the kind Bookcrosser deleted this book from her wishes, and left this book to me. A gift. It was a wonderful story.
I loved every word of it. Full of secrets, emotions, life stories, searching for the root, which is very important to understand ourselves. I enjoyed to read Catherine's thoughts, her own monologue. It reminds me to myself as I am used to speak to myself :)) and conclude the solution to my questions. Enthralling novel.
The rules are the followings:
^*^ Make a JE at getting ^*^ Read the book within 4-6 weeks ^*^ Enjoy your reading time!! ^*^ Share your thoughts about the book with us at the end! ^*^ Make a (Controlled) Release JE after/before posting the book on in order to follow the way of the book ^*^ In advance try to ask the next reader's addy in order to be able to mail the book after finishing ^*^ In case of any delay, please inform us under your JE ^*^
** Thanks to participate in it! **
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Stalled by wendyv
Next Readers
1. wendyv (AUS) - prefer AUS mail, but can be int'l <--- Here
2. teggers (still in UK, but will be in USA) - prefer US
3. mellion108 (USA) - int'l
4. laure69 (FRA) - can be int'l mail
5. Simson-Shilitoe (GER) - prefer EU mail
6. Icila (FRA) - int'l
7. seayork2002 (UK) - prefer UK , but can be int'l mail
8. blueblack (UK) - UK/EU mail
click here for: Replacement copy
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