Tuesday, October 30, 2018

What Alice forgot


In a bizarre accident, Alice comes to on the gym floor with no memory of the last 10 years. From her perspective she is 29 years old, pregnant with her first child and very much in love with her husband. In reality, she is 39 years old with three children and in the process of going through a divorce. As she rediscovers her life, she's not sure she likes what she finds. She has become this high strung, type A personality that plans every detail of her life, and alienating those close to her. Does Alice try to reclaim what she had at age 29, fix what she has age 39 or create a new life?

What Alice Forgot was entertaining with bits of humor as Alice adjusts to what her current life is while dealing with her feelings from the past. I did finish the story, but I left it a bit unsatisfied. Some of the story was predictable and you can see Alice make choices that I did not like. I guess that is part of the journey of any life, and as an observer it is easy to sit on the sidelines and say, don't do it. We all want the happy, Disney ending, but it doesn't always work out that way. I think in Alice's situation, she made the decisions that were right for her.

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