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The Unforgetting
Twenty-five year old Jewel Murphy has it all: good job, great friends—the perfect boyfriend, but all that is about to change because something evil in her past is demanding to be remembered.
Struck by a series of panic attacks and nightmares of being pursued through a forest, Jewel’s world begins to spiral out of control. Uncovering a sister she didn’t know existed, she becomes obsessed with finding out what else she may have forgotten. As Jewel uncovers scraps of memory and hints of trauma lurking in her past, she unwittingly alienates those closest to her.
When Jewel learns that she spent time as a child on Faraday Island returns, she understands that in order to fix everything that is wrong in her life, she must go back to the island and face whatever trauma lies in her past. Little does she realise that the bogeyman of her childhood nightmares has been waiting for her. Once again, just as she did sixteen years ago, Jewel will be forced into a fight for her life.
The Unforgetting deals with themes of: love, loss, self-courage and fear—all that makes us human. Shown through alternating chapters from past and present, readers are drawn into a child’s world of fairies and magic, as well unimaginable grief and terror as an adult Jewel battles to discover who she is.
Struck by a series of panic attacks and nightmares of being pursued through a forest, Jewel’s world begins to spiral out of control. Uncovering a sister she didn’t know existed, she becomes obsessed with finding out what else she may have forgotten. As Jewel uncovers scraps of memory and hints of trauma lurking in her past, she unwittingly alienates those closest to her.
When Jewel learns that she spent time as a child on Faraday Island returns, she understands that in order to fix everything that is wrong in her life, she must go back to the island and face whatever trauma lies in her past. Little does she realise that the bogeyman of her childhood nightmares has been waiting for her. Once again, just as she did sixteen years ago, Jewel will be forced into a fight for her life.
The Unforgetting deals with themes of: love, loss, self-courage and fear—all that makes us human. Shown through alternating chapters from past and present, readers are drawn into a child’s world of fairies and magic, as well unimaginable grief and terror as an adult Jewel battles to discover who she is.
- GenresSuspense
320 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 9, 2012
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About the author
Jenny Mounfield
7 books13 followersJenny is the author of four titles for kids and YA: Storm Born (Koala Books), The Black Bandit (Lothian), The Ice-cream Man (Ford St Publishing), and Haunted Beach (Blake), Her short stories have appeared in Trust Me! and Trust Me Too (Ford St Publishing) and Picture This 1 (Pearson Education).
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March 15, 2013
A decent psychological thriller, but the ending sucks. First the "Twilight"-esque way the final action is skipped over when the main character passes out. Then when she says to her boyfriend, "I got this great new job but if you don't want me to take it then I won't." What is this, the 50s? Why do women of all people write that kind of sexist garbage? Don't get me started. Anyway, this also needs another editing pass.
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