Nell survived. But as one of two people who lived following
a plane crash, Nell has no memory of her life or even the
crash. Her mind is a blank slate. Once her body begins to
heal, she must find or craft a life that feels right to her.
Her friends and family are her primary sources of
information, but Nell learns that everyone filters
information based on what they might gain or lose, making it
difficult for her to know who to trust. Nell must decide how
far she is willing to go to forgive and determine who is
worthy as she determines her path in life going forward.
Allison Winn Scotch has penned a story that is literary in
style, but gritty in story. Everything is messy and does not
wrap up with a nice package with a neat bow as Nell attempts
to regain her memory. Nell's struggle between who she was
and who she must now decide to be is, without the benefit of
amnesia, a familiar fight, one that most people wage. Does
our past dictate our present and future? Must our lives be
framed by history or are we allowed to draw outside the
lines to create the picture of ourselves we choose?
Scotch's prose is honest, poetic and at times, raw. She
peels back the layers for Nell, and thereby, for her
readers, layers that don't always want to budge, leaving one
to wonder whether the pain is worth it and just how many
layers might there be to uncover. In the end, Nell's journey
teaches the lesson we all must learn: our lives are our own.
THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME shows that life remains anything
but. It is a recommended read for when something meatier
than the typical beach read is in order.
She’s a wife, a sister, a daughter…but she remembers
nothing. Now she must ask herself who she is and choose
which stories—and storytellers—to trust. One of only two
survivors of a plane crash, Nell Slattery wakes up in the
hospital with no memory of it, or who she is, or was. Now
she must piece together both body and mind with the help of
family and friends who have their own agendas. Although Nell
can’t remember all that came before, something just doesn’t
sit right with the versions of her history given by her
mother, her sister, and her husband.
Desperate for a
key to unlock her past, she filters through photos, art,
music, and stories, hoping that something will jog her
memory, and soon, in tiny bits and pieces, Nell starts
remembering. . . .
From the New York Times
bestselling author of Time of My Life comes a
novel that asks: Who are we without our memories? How much
of our future is defined by our past?
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