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Before I Go to Sleep

by S. J. Watson

Before I Go to Sleep

Hardcover, 360 pages, Harpercollins, List Price: $25.99 | purchase

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Book Summary

Without her husband's knowledge, Christine, whose memory is damaged by a long-ago accident, is treated by a neurologist who helps her to remember her former self through journal entries until inconsistencies begin to emerge, raising disturbing questions.

Awards and Recognition

3 weeks on NPR Hardcover Fiction Bestseller List

This book is about:

  • FICTION / General,
  • Memory disorders,
  • Women authors,
  • Life change events,
  • Identity (Psychology),
  • Psychological fiction,
  • Fiction

NPR stories about Before I Go to Sleep

Critics' Lists: Summer 2011

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May 31, 2011 The season of pleasure reading is upon us, and the publishing world has readied a handful of thrilling titles to be released just in time for the summer heat. After surveying the crop, here are our picks for fun reading in the sun.

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