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Author bio:
Madeleine Sophie Wickham (born Madeleine Sophie Townley) an English author of chick lit, known for her work under the pen name Sophie Kinsella, is best known for her shopaholic series.
About the book:
When twenty-eight-year-old Lexi Smart wakes up in a London hospital, she’s in for a big surprise. Her teeth are perfect. Her body is toned. Her handbag is Vuitton. Having survived a car accident—in a Mercedes no less—Lexi has lost a big chunk of her memory, three years to be exact, and she’s about to find out just how much things have changed.
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1. What were your theories about what had happened to Lexi? How did your first guesses change when you learned more about the aftermath of her father’s funeral?
2. What were the best and worst parts of Lexi’s life before she broke up with Loser Dave?
3. Would you have been willing to stay with Eric in order to live in such a state-of-the art residence, with high-end clothing, sporty cars, and other status symbols? Would you have resorted to Lexi’s turnaround in order to save your mother from financial ruin?
4. What does Remember Me? say about healthy versus destructive ambition? What separates those who would use the entertainment system’s disco feature every night and those who (like Eric) would see it as an absurd waste of time?
5. What accounts for the insensitive behavior of Lexi’s mother? Is her personality the result or the cause of Lexi’s father’s wild side?
6. How does Lexi interact with her feisty younger sister, Amy?
7. Give Lexi a pop-science medical diagnosis. Why was she unable to recall anything that happened between the night she fell while hailing a taxi and the day she woke up? Why might her mind have rejected all events that occurred afterward?
8. Discuss the comments made by Lexi’s friends after she tried to make amends, when they admitted that they respected her even though she was a tough boss. Could you stand it if your best friend became your boss?
9. Would you have trusted Jon? Did he handle the situation well, or did he badger Lexi to the point of seeming dodgy?
10. How did your opinion of Lexi’s father shift as you read to the end? Did he have any heroic traits?
11. What does Lexi’s plan for the carpeting coup prove about getting ahead in business? Which traits will get you better returns: creativity or financial sense? Ingenuity or ruthlessness?
12. What do you predict for Jon and Lexi’s future? What will become of Eric?
13. What would the characters in Sophie Kinsella’s other novels think of Lexi Smart and her predicament?
I liked the book but it was pretty predictable. I figured out fairly quickly that she did not have that perfect marriage or relationship. He was a real jerk.
I enjoyed the book. I appreciated how Lexi seemed to grow commonsensically after waking up in the hospital.
It is hard to believe that people could realistically be so easily conditioned in their lives.
Lexi could have gone through the rest of her life without needing to think at all.
No more 'free will', much like a robot.
Loved the book, a fun read!
I enjoyed this book. Sophie Kinsella is one of my favorite authors. Love chick-lit!!!
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“Women need chocolate. It's a scientific fact.”
― Sophie Kinsella, Remember Me?
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