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WHAT MY BODY REMEMBERS
By: Agnete Friis
Soho Crime
May 2017
On Sale: May 2, 2017
304 pages
ISBN: 161695602X
EAN: 9781616956028
Kindle: B01JWE1RGU
Hardcover / e-Book
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Thriller Psychological | Suspense
Twisty yet brimming with the emotional powerof beautifully drawn characters, the solo debut by the coauthor of The Boy in the Suitcase is a brooding and atmospheric thriller that sets a young mother on a collision course with her past in order to save her son's future. Ella Nygaard, 27, has been a ward of the state since she was seven years old, the night her father murdered her mother. She doesnโt remember anything about that night or her childhood before itโbut her body remembers. The PTSD-induced panic attacks she now suffers incapacitate her for hours at a time, sometimes days. After one particularly bad episode lands Ella in a psych ward, she discovers her son, Alex, has been taken from her by the state and placed with a foster family. Desperate not to lose her son, Ella kidnaps Alex and flees to the seaside town in northern Denmark where she was born. Her grandmotherโs abandoned house is in grave disrepair, but she can live there for free until she can figure out how to convince social services that despite everything, she is the best parent for her child. But being back in the small town forces Ella to confront the demons of her childhoodโthe monsters her memory has tried so hard to obscure. What really happened that night her mother died? Was her grandmother rightโwas Ellaโs father unjustly convicted? What other secrets were her parents hiding from each other? If Ella can start to remember, maybe her scars will begin to healโor maybe the truth will put her in even greater danger.
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