Poor thing doesn't even remember her name. Mia wakes up dazed and hella confused on a beach with retrograde amnesia. Read more of my reviews at HONDA CIVIC RELIABLE 3 STARS ✨ All the thoughts and opinions are my own. Thank you to Bookouture Audio and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. This book kept my attention, had me invested in wanting to know how things were going to end and wondering if Mia would ever get her memory back. This was an entertaining fast paced ride. This book was a great escape! I quite enjoy escapism reading (who doesn’t). I listened to the audiobook, and it made for interesting reading/listening. This was a fast read which quite a few twists and turns. Those who hope she does not regain her memory. Those who like that Mia does not remember the past.

Everyone knows you and has stories about you, shared memories, but you have no memory of them.Īs Mia begins to adjust, she learns that there are those in her life with secrets. To have no memory of your life or people in your life. Imagine how strange and unsettling it must be. People/friends are happy to see her, and her boyfriend is attentive, but Mia still is uneasy.

When Mia gets home, she has no recollection of living there. The woman with no name now has one-she is Mia James. When a man shows up and claims he is her boyfriend, everyone is relieved. Amnesia which was most likely caused by trauma. Retrograde amnesia was what the Doctor's told her. If you loved Gone Girl, The Girl on the Train and Big Little Lies this book is for you.A woman washes up on a beach, with no idea who she was or how she got there. But who? And will her friends stand by her, or will the past destroy all of their lives?įrom the million-copy-bestselling author of The Secret Mother and The Perfect Family, this absolutely addictive psychological thriller is guaranteed to make you gasp. But when she’s sent photos of herself that could tear her whole world apart, she starts to wonder. Tia thought she could trust Fiona and Kelly with her life. Only her two best friends really remember that…. It can’t have anything to do with what happened. She just can’t understand who would have shared such a horrible story. Tia knows how rumors spread around her small town. Because her sweet daughter asks a question Tia never thought she’d hear. She seems troubled, not at all her usual happy self.īut when Tia finally coaxes Rosie to open up, she wishes she hadn’t. Tia is walking home with her children, along the lakeside of their quiet, safe town, when she realizes something is wrong with her five-year-old daughter, Rosie.

The secret mother by shalini boland