The Memory Thief

Name: The Memory Thief
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Emily Colin
ISBN: 9781515972815

Author: Emily Colin

Narrator: Carly Robins, Nelson Hobbs, Kirby Heyborne

Unabridged: 12 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/16/2016

Categories: Fiction, Romance, Paranormal

Synopsis

Before Madeleine Kimble's mountaineer husband, Aidan, climbs Mount McKinley's south face, he makes her a solemn vow: I will come back to you. But late one night, Maddie gets the devastating news that Aidan has died in an avalanche, leaving her to care for their son—a small boy with a very big secret. The call comes from J. C., Aidan's best friend and fellow climber, whose grief is seasoned with survivor's guilt . . . and something more. J. C. has loved Maddie for years, but he never wanted his chance with her to come at so terrible a cost.

Across the country, Nicholas Sullivan wakes from a motorcycle crash with his memory wiped clean. Yet his dreams are haunted by visions of a mysterious woman and a young boy, neither of whom he has ever met. Convinced that these strangers hold the answers he seeks, Nicholas leaves everything behind to find them. What he discovers will require a leap of faith that will change all of their lives forever.

About Emily Colin

Emily Colin's first novel, The Memory Thief, was a New York Times bestseller and a Target Emerging Authors Pick. She is the former associate director of DREAMS of Wilmington, a nonprofit dedicated to serving youth in need through the arts, has helped to launch two small publishing companies, and spent her formative years roaming New York City as an itinerant teenage violinist. Originally from Brooklyn, she lives in Wilmington, North Carolina, with her family.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nora on May 03, 2013

Sigh. Big sigh. The premise of this book sounded so interesting - Aidan, the husband of Maddie and father of Gabe, dies in a mountain climbing accident but is somehow able to usurp the mind of Nicholas, the victim of a motorcycle accident that occurred the same day as Aidan's death. That all sounds......more

Goodreads review by Ally on January 26, 2013

The premise of this book intrigued me, and I'm glad I read it. The use of tense, point of view and language was quite unusual and something not every reader will like, but I loved it. LOVED it. The writing was lyrical and lovely, and characters felt real to me. I did have a few nits, so my true star......more

Goodreads review by Bibliovoracious on February 08, 2019

4.5 Were I to describe the plot (woman loves mountain climber, and later, his best friend) - there's nothing there - air! Yet somehow, there's so much more. Huge themes, moral questions, enormous feeling. Literature. Ultimately, it's uplifting and restorative. Between the protracted conversations fu......more

Goodreads review by Nafiza on July 06, 2024

I think this book was over for me when the protagonist sleeps with her dead husband's best friend the day after his funeral.......more

Goodreads review by Addy on August 25, 2012

Vonnegut once said that every character should want something. Aiden James wants to get back to his wife and son, but he died on the cold, unforgiving slope of a mountain. Nicholas Sullivan doesn’t know what he wants. He’s got amnesia, and nothing about his life is familiar or comforting except the......more