Overview

Lenny Marks is excellent at not having a life.

She bikes home from work at exactly 4pm each day, buys the same groceries for the same meals every week, and owns thirty-six copies of The Hobbit (currently arranged by height). The closest thing she has to a friendship is playing Scrabble against an imaginary Monica Gellar while watching Friends reruns.

And Lenny Marks is very, very good at not remembering what happened the day her mother and stepfather disappeared when she was still a child. The day a voice in the back of her mind started whispering, You did this.

Until a letter from the parole board arrives in the mail–and when her desperate attempts to ignore it fail, Lenny starts to unravel. As long-buried memories come to the surface, Lenny’s careful routines fall apart. For the first time, she finds herself forced to connect with the community around her, and unexpected new relationships begin to bloom. Lenny Marks may finally get a life–but what if her past catches up to her first?

Equal parts heartbreaking and heartwarming, Kerryn Mayne’s stunning debut is an irresistible novel about truth, secrets, vengeance, and family lost and found, with a heroine who’s simply unforgettable.

Review

This is an emotional read but it is also cute in places. I love a good book which takes you through a roller coaster to get to the ending.

Lenny is a character you do not want to miss. She is probably on the autistic spectrum, but, it could be the trauma from her childhood. Lenny is holding in all her memories. She has completely blocked out everything that happened to her. Then one day she receives a letter from the parole board. Her step father is about to be released from prison. This triggers something in her. Her memories gradually start to come to the forefront of her mind and she slowly falls apart.

Lenny weaves herself into your heart! And she is much stronger than she looks. This is where the reader is deceived! Not everyone is who you think they are!

Need a rollercoaster ride you will not soon forget…THIS IS IT! Grab your copy today.

I received this novel from the publisher for a honest review.

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