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Book Review of The Memory Box

The Memory Box
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Caroline is a normal suburban mom of two little girls busy with bake sales, swim meets and the school drop off line. But she googles her maiden name one day and sees all kinds of articles about her past - that she does not remember. Suddenly she starts to remember things - her sister died, she had a hysterectomy in college, etc. She begins to investigate and opens up an entire box of lost memories and scandals. I raced through reading this book seeing her confusion and anxiety about what happened and how it all happened. You start to see some glimpses that show Caroline was a little disturbed years ago and had a disturbing childhood with a mother who was a little mental. And then the twist at the end - her sister not only died, but was murdered - by Caroline. And then did she really lose/repress her memory - or is that all made up? Is she really a devoted mom or is she really psycho? Very well written. Left me with questions and wondering what will happen next with her sweet unsuspecting husband and children.