Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
In her imaginative second novel, an unusual love story, the highly acclaimed author of Elsewhere offers a unique exploration of teenage identity and self-discovery. The heroine, a teen who is forced to re-invent herself and reconstruct her life after she suffers a head injury that leaves her with...
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In her imaginative second novel, an unusual love story, the highly acclaimed author of Elsewhere offers a unique exploration of teenage identity and self-discovery. The heroine, a teen who is forced to re-invent herself and reconstruct her life after she suffers a head injury that leaves her with a four-year memory loss, grapples with many issues teens will find familiar: romance, changing friendships, and a dysfunctional family. But this teen’s amnesia gives her the perspective to see herself and others clearly for the very first time. At times funny and always thought provoking, this tale effectively touches upon themes of chance, loss, and choice, in a moving story readers won’t soon forget.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781429956291 (1429956291)
Publish date: June 23rd 2009
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Teen,
Novels,
Realistic Fiction,
Romance,
Drama,
Coming Of Age,
Contemporary,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit,
High School
Although I understand and think that the effects of amnesia can be quite difficult to understand, in my opinion, Naomi Porter was just too difficult to read about. I’m not sure when I started taking a disliking to her, but I’m pretty sure it was after she thought every single person was being annoyi...
3.5/5OVERALL IMPRESSION: I enjoyed this book a lot. I'm a sucker for books where people have memory problems, so this was right up my alley. The ending was nice and sweet. I love all of the extras in the back - mix tape songs, author questions, discussion questions; it really makes you think more a...
How do I end up reading YA books that involves love triangle (when I try to avoid it at any cost) is beyond me. Until last week I did not know the existence of this book. In my defense, the reason I read it is this:That is right. Tego from NEWS and MatsuKen from the movie Death Note in the same movi...
Before you read my review you should be forewarned that it is based off an Advanced Reader's Copy and some things may have changed and/or been fixed.This book definitely had its moments of brilliance. One of the things I enjoyed the most was that it was realistic in the relationships and development...