Book Review: Remind Me Again What Happened

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This is my book review of the novel “Remind Me Again What Happened,” by Joanna Luloff.

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“There is a smudge where my memory is supposed to be.”

Book Summary:

Claire wakes up in a hospital room. She learns that she is in the Florida Keys. But how or why she got there, she has no memory.

With photos, she can piece together some of her life. Her husband, Charlie, and her best friend, Rachel, comb through boxes of photos to help bring Claire’s memories back.

But Claire feels that something isn’t right. There’s something they aren’t telling her. Did something happen between the three of them? Did she do something awful?

Is Charlie still her husband? Is Rachel still her friend?

This book is told from their alternating points of view. As Claire gradually improves, she tries to figure out what has happened in her life. And why the two people closest to her are holding something back.

She needs to understand what happened to her and figure out what’s going on. Then maybe Charlie and Rachel can move forward, but their lives will be forever changed.

My Review:

I thought this was a good read. But I was somewhat curious about the relationship between the husband and the two women, who at various times were in relationships with Claire’s husband.

It was a little confusing. But all in all, a decent book.

About The Author:

Joanna Luloff received her MFA from Emerson College and her PhD from the University of Missouri. Before all of those years of graduate school, she served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Baddegama, Sri Lanka.

Her short stories have appeared in The Missouri Review, Confrontation, Memorious, and New South, and her collection The Beach at Galle Road was published by Algonquin Books in October, 2012.

She is an Assistant Professor of English at the University of Colorado, Denver.

I hope you enjoyed this book review.