Before I Go to Sleep
S.J. Watson, 2011
A woman wakes every morning with no memory of the day before, and begins writing down whatever she can learn about her own life.
S.J. Watson
Watson worked as an audiologist in London hospitals and wrote the novel in the evenings, after taking a Faber Academy writing course.
Feels like memory, unease and identity.
The particular dread of a long life that leaves nothing behind.
I cannot imagine how I will cope when I discover that my life is behind me, has already happened, and I have nothing to show for it. No treasure house of collection, no wealth of experience, no accumulated wisdom to pass on. What are we, if not an accumulation of our memories? Books by S.J. Watson
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