Adult Book of the Month
Before I Go to Sleep by S. J. Watson
Published by Doubleday in 2011
Memories define us.
So what if you lost yours every time you went to sleep?
Your name, your identity, your past, even the people you love - all forgotten
overnight.
And the one person you trust may only be telling you half the story.
Welcome to Christine's life.
After surviving what she believes was a car crash, Christine developed
a form of amnesia which causes all of her memories to be erased whenever
she goes to sleep. She wakes up each morning unable to remember any details
of her life and relies on her husband Ben to tell her who she is.
Encouraged by her neurologist to keep a secret journal to record what
Ben tells her each day, she realizes that Ben has concealed certain key
facts from her. Why? Is he trying to protect her or has he something to
hide? And is Dr Nash’s therapy working and is he being completely
honest with her? As she attempts to piece together the events of her past,
she uncovers some terrifying truths that force her to question everyone
and everything around her.
Before I Go to Sleep is a tense psychological thriller set in
a very ordinary domestic situation. And it is the sheer ordinariness of
it all that makes this story so scary. If we lost our memory, how would
we know who to trust? This novel will keep readers guessing until the
final sentence.
The film version of Before I Go to Sleep, starring Nicole Kidman
and Colin Firth opened in Irish cinemas on September 5.
Before I Go To Sleep has become a phenomenal international success,
it has now sold over 4 million copies in over 40 languages around the
world. It is a New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller, and won both
the Crime Writers' Association Award for Best Debut Novel and the Galaxy
National Book Award for Crime Thriller of the Year.
S J Watson was born in the English Midlands and lives in London. Before
I Go to Sleep is his first novel. His new novel, Second Life,
will be published in February 2015.
‘The summer’s single most suspenseful plot belongs to BEFORE
I GO TO SLEEP. . . . pure page-turner.’ New York Times
‘Before I Go to Sleep is an enjoyable and impressive first
novel. Like the best of its thematic predecessors, it is also an affecting
moral allegory: don't forget your loved ones. Or else.’ The
Independent
