The One Memory of Flora Banks
$21.67
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
3 January 2017
Summary
You always remember your first kiss. Flora remembers nothing else.
A novel of heart-stopping suspense and haunting obsession.
I look at my hands. One of them says ‘FLORA be brave’. I am Flora.
Flora has anterograde amnesia. She can’t remember anything day-to-day - the joke her friend made, the instructions her parents gave her, how old she is.
Then she kisses a boy - her first kiss - and the next day she remembers it. The first time she’s remembered anything si…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141368511 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141368519 |
| Author: | Emily Barr |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 3 January 2017 |
| Weight: | 223g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 19mm |
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Critics Review
An extraordinarily moving and original novel, a story of secrecy and lies, love and loss that manages to be both heart-breaking and life-affirming … This is Barr’s first novel for teenagers and it is as brave as Flora herself * Daily Mail *
Clever and original with a unique heroine, this is a refreshing love story. A great YA read to start 2017. * The Sun - Book of the Week *
Mesmerizing, electric, and achingly lovely, The One Memory of Flora Banks is unforgettable … One of the best YA novels I’ve read in a very long time. * Jennifer Niven *
A winning mix of a John Green/ Rainbow Rowell-style sharpness and sensitivity, but underlined with a darker edge, belying the author’s previous experience as a thriller writer … a coming-of-age, finding-yourself-type novel which is, in turn, unsettling and uplifting. * View *
This is the most perfect, dazzling gem of a book. I loved every moment of it. – Lisa Jewell, Bestselling author of ‘The Girls’
A thriller in the Momento mould that has some profound things to say about safety, danger and living in the momemt.
Flora is a flawed and messy heroine who teaches us the importance of being ourselves and living life to the full. I couldn’t put it down.
I devoured it, reading late into the night because I couldn’t put it down. Almost immediately I found myself pressing it into the hands of my writing friends.
It’s not often I read a book in a single sitting… compelling, thrilling, atmospheric - Flora’s voice is unique and her mantra works beautifully as a message of love and support to all young women: be brave.
I loved this book! Such a page turner. I was desperate to know what was going to happen next all the way through. I was totally drawn into Flora’s confused and disturbed world and absorbed in the story from start to finish. – Liz Kessler, YA author of ‘Read Me Like a Book’
A truly gripping and atmospheric psychological thriller, with a wonderfully quirky, brave, vulnerable heroine. – Fiona Noble, The Bookseller, One to Watch
I absolutely loved The One Memory of Flora Banks. It suddenly struck me that it could be a reworking of the Sleeping Beauty story, and manages to have a real fairy-tale feel while also being completely rooted in the here and now. And it’s a wonderfully effective psychological thriller. A book that you’ll definitely want to read more than once, and to recommend to friends. – Andrea Reece, FT Weekend Oxford Literary Festival Children’s Programme Director
About The Author
Emily Barr
Emily Barr is the author of the young adult novel The One Memory of Flora Banks, a global hit published in 27 languages. Previously, she worked as a journalist in London before travelling for a year, which inspired her adult thriller, Backpack, winner of the WH Smith New Talent Award. She has written many young adult and adult books published internationally. She lives in Cornwall with her husband and their children.
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