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We Came Here to Forget by Andrea Dunlop
5.0
I can't remember how I stumbled on, We Came Here to Forget, but I am so thankful I did.
This novel is about a young Olympic skier, Katie Cleary, who decides to head to Buenos Aires when a family tragedy strikes.
Determined to be anonymous, she changes her name (to Liz Sullivan) and finds a colorful group of ex-pats who all seem to be escaping their own demons.
Katie feels that if these people knew her family secret, that they would want no part of her life.
There are just so many layers to this story, and Dunlop leads you through alternating chapters (the past and the current situation) that builds to a shocking discovery of why Katie left (and what she lost).
I refuse to give anything away, but the tragedy that Dunlop choses made me think about certain situations in a very different way and allowed me to extend more empathy to others.
It is very thoughtfully done, the minor characters are just compelling, and she challenges you to think about these scenarios in fresh ways.
The narration is also beautiful, if you are on the hunt for an audiobook.
Best of all, we get to discuss this one with Andrea in our book club- yay!
You can learn more about this year's book club here.
This novel is about a young Olympic skier, Katie Cleary, who decides to head to Buenos Aires when a family tragedy strikes.
Determined to be anonymous, she changes her name (to Liz Sullivan) and finds a colorful group of ex-pats who all seem to be escaping their own demons.
Katie feels that if these people knew her family secret, that they would want no part of her life.
There are just so many layers to this story, and Dunlop leads you through alternating chapters (the past and the current situation) that builds to a shocking discovery of why Katie left (and what she lost).
I refuse to give anything away, but the tragedy that Dunlop choses made me think about certain situations in a very different way and allowed me to extend more empathy to others.
It is very thoughtfully done, the minor characters are just compelling, and she challenges you to think about these scenarios in fresh ways.
The narration is also beautiful, if you are on the hunt for an audiobook.
Best of all, we get to discuss this one with Andrea in our book club- yay!
You can learn more about this year's book club here.