Do you prefer the book or the movie?

GAH! I am really having a hard time getting through this book. I like your questions. This is an absolutely brilliant and extraordinary dark psychological thriller.

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The young woman's dad kills Bob by beating him with a crowbar one night at the dealership.

It gets all five stars! The publisher’s blurb would have you believe it’s about Jenny, her rape, the controversial treatment she receives and the effects on her family and community: Now, after reading it, I think Dr. Alan Forrester (the narrator and Jenny’s psychiatrist) is the center of the story. I can’t say more – I don’t want to divulge spoilers or diminish the effect of how this story is told. Thanks to the publisher for the nudges and to Netgalley for making an advance copy available. Read 3,096 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. }; emailValidation: function() {

Was the reality created in the book believable? if (this.isValid || !invalidFields) { I’m hosting this Wed and will use severa l! } else { B) that Glenn would then try to recreate Forrester’s experience by raping Forrester’s own son as revenge for “abandoning” him. Here’s to more inclusive, nonjudgemental book club questions, questions that don’t discriminate whether you’re on page 20 or page 200! } this.form.className += ' mimi_submitting'; For starters, everyone else knows in the local community and Jenny knows she was raped, but cannot connect with the details of the trauma.

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Book Club Recommendations That Are Great for Summer, Books That Would Make Great Gifts for Moms, 16 Character-Driven Novels I Couldn’t Put Down. As the title points out, all is not forgotten. Reader Q&A, The only differences in his story and Jenny's is that Forrester told Glenn his rape felt like an hour. 16 year old Jenny is brutally raped and 'marked' on her back by her attacker, just a few feet from a teenage party that she walked out of. I'm wondering if anyone has any recommendations of books like this one? She was raped by a former convicted felon named Glenn Shelby who served time in Somer Prison, where Forrester volunteers.When Forrester hears that Jenny was carved with a whittled stick during her rape, he knew that Glenn was the only other person who knew he had suffered the same situation when he was 12. for (var i = 0; i < dropdowns.length; ++i) { disableForm: function() {

I hope I never have to find out. Ask the Author. "Not one, not one of us, shows the whole self to any one person.". It is too toxic, a virus, and it's going to require the massive realignment of emotions and attachments that give you pleasure or maybe just peace of mind. selected = false;

"All Is Not Forgotten" is a smart, intellectual psychological mystery more than it is a thriller. This study guide contains the following sections: This detailed literature summary also contains Quotes and a Free Quiz on Forrester regretted telling Glenn the story. Dr. Alan Forrester, the psychotherapist treating Jenny, Many clinicians use recreation/simulation tools as described by the narrator.

So my problem remains that I wish I could shut the door on psychological thrillers once and for all, but every now and then I read one like All Is Not Forgotten, and realize that there are a few good apples for me out there. I tend to like plausible scenarios; outlandish ones make me weary of the author’s capability to spin a great story.

Sure looks like her. this.textValidation(input); There has to be some level of outlandishness to ensure a thriller’s plot is sufficiently surprising. }; The end was a bit odd and a complete surprise, but interesting. Also, just from another perspective, early in my training for clinical chaplaincy, it was REALLY hard not to share stories about myself; it was tough for me, intially, to make connections with strangers without creating a personal connection through something I’d experienced. this.form = document.getElementById('mad_mimi_signup_form');

Let’s talk! When I was a senior in high school I was involved in a pretty bad car accident and my brain did just that. But I will say that this turns out to be my kind of thriller – not too much graphic violence, very clever twisted narration, interesting characters and a few unexpected twists.

} Did it jump around too much or hold you in suspense? All Is Not Forgotten Wendy Walker, 2016 St. Martin's Press 320 pp. Though I don’t consider it a “thriller”, I have always admired REBECCA for being able to remain suspenseful, have weird twists and surprises and yet remain completely plausible. She is found bloodied and unconscious, unable to articulate what had just happened to her.

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Forrester is happy to have someone with whom to share his traumatic experience, even though he never discusses it.

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I had assumed that it was definitely not for me – I am finicky about psychological thrillers and generally try to stay away from novels in which sexual assault is the featured event – and the idea of a drug that erases your memory sounds really hokey. 14 questions answered. Wow - what a gripping and suspenseful book! Ask a Literary Lady: Help, I’ve Lost Interest in Reading? Some event that your brain just completely blacked out?

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In the small, affluent town of Fairview, Connecticut everything seems picture perfect. } else { Wow!! There is something really wrong with the way in which this book is described in the GR blurb. And if I could steal some stars from somewhere I would give it even more! Haven’t read it! It actually made me dislike the book at first. var elements = this.form.elements;

At first, I thought the narrator was just a random father of one of the other kids in town. } else { Charlotte, Jenny's mom, and Bob Sullivan are meeting for a mid-afternoon secret rendezvous in the Kramer pool house when they notice a light on in the bathroom. Glenn does this to get Forrester's attention, and to remind him that he knows his most terrifying secret. What moments in the novel have made you decide you like or dislike it so far? Didn't seem like the rapist had any association with bleach.

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Laura G. (Buffalo, NY) All is Not Forgotten will not be forgotten D) that Forrester would’ve kept his own scar and/or experience a secret from “the reader” until the very end given how much he revealed along the way about his own life. return name += ' mimi_invalid';

Yes, this is a book that starts with a brutal rape involving a victim who does not recall what happened because she was given a memory loss drug to assist with the PTSD.

All Is Not Forgotten Wendy Walker, 2016 St. Martin's Press 320 pp. Welcome back. Bottom Line: Read it. What questions could everyone answer and discuss, no matter where they are in the book? From a purely scientific, the science of psychology, perspective, this novel was RIGHT ON! script.src = this.formUrl('json');

He goes on long tangents about his views on life, his patients, and his own family and is willing to say things most regular people probably wouldn’t…which reminded me a bit of Dr. Marc Schlosser in Herman Koch’s. That ending was quite an intricate web!

What I couldn’t figure out was the how or why. You know, I hadn’t thought about it that way, but I think I agree!

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