All Is Not Forgotten
A Novel
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4.1 • 405 Ratings
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
The stunning national bestseller! Wendy Walker's All is Not Forgotten--the basis for the major motion film Gone But Not Forgotten--is a twisty, edge-of-your seat thrill ride from beginning to end.
“Fascinating and at times shocking.”—Mary Kubica, New York Times bestselling author of The Good Girl
Everything seems picture-perfect in the town of Fairview, Connecticut, until one night the unthinkable happens: a young woman, Jenny Kramer, is brutally attacked at a local party. In the hours immediately thereafter, Jenny is given a controversial drug to medically erase her memory of the violent assault. But in the weeks and months that follow, as she heals from her physical wounds, she wrestles with her raging emotional memory.
Jenny’s father, Tom, becomes obsessed in his quest for justice though her mother, Charlotte, struggles to pretend this horrific event did not touch her carefully-constructed world. Soon the fault lines within their marriage and their close-knit community emerge from the shadows, where they have been hidden for years. Meanwhile, Jenny remains haunted by what she can and cannot remember. . .and her attacker is still on the loose.
“Twisty and spellbinding.” —People
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Family law lawyer Wendy Walker became fascinated with the controversial science of memory erasure and retrieval therapies, resulting in this dark psychological thriller blending fact and fiction. The story of a brutal rape in a wealthy Connecticut town—and the teen victim’s torturous path to recover her recollections of that night—is narrated by the girl’s psychologist, whose true agenda seems to shift in sinister ways. There weren’t enough hours in the day for us to tear through All Is Not Forgotten, a suspenseful and creepily entertaining read.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The rape of 15-year-old Jenny Kramer in the well-to-do town of Fairview, Conn., propels this exceptional psychological thriller from Walker (Social Lives). The masked rapist wore a condom and was careful to leave no forensic evidence at the spot in the woods where he attacked Jenny after she wandered away from a party attended by nearly everyone in the 10th grade at Fairview High. Jenny's parents, Charlotte and Tom, have vastly different reactions to this horrible assault on their daughter. Charlotte worries about her social standing, while Tom wants vengeance. When a doctor suggests a medication that will erase Jenny's memory of the attack, Charlotte immediately agrees. As her parents grapple with their own emotional responses, they ignore Jenny's pain. Alan Forrester, the family's psychiatrist, provides the nonjudgmental, almost clinical narration. Forrester only wants to help the Kramers, but as Jenny's treatment continues, he fears that the investigation will implicate someone close to him. While secret after secret about the residents of Fairview add to the suspense, Forrester's secrets may be the most stunning of all. 250,000-copy first printing.
Customer Reviews
See AllInteresting perspective
A psychiatrist telling the narrative. Gives you a different insight
Good read
Good read it does get a little confusing changing back and forth in the narrative. Dark and intense read, wouldn’t recommend if triggered by rape, assault or suicide.
All is Not Forgotten
Hard read. Jumped around and a lot of nonsense