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The Strange Case of Jane O.
Author: Karen Thompson Walker
Format: Paperback
'Moving and unexpected. It lingers in the mind' Guardian 'An extraordinary book' Daily Mail 'Brilliant and unforgettable' Karen Russell 'A tantalising and satisfying mystery' Claire Fuller 'Mind-bending and soul-altering' Jessamine Chan 'Mesmerising' Publisher's Weekly 'An exhilarating and riveting must-read' Kirkus Starred Review 'Heart-expanding . . . inquisitive, brilliantly-crafted' Florence Knapp WHAT IF YOU COULD REMEMBER EVERYTHING, EXCEPT THE DAY YOU DISAPPEARED?
A young woman, Jane O., arrives in a psychiatrist's office. She's been suffering a series of worrying episodes: amnesia, premonitions, hallucinations and an inexplicable sense of dread.
But as the psychiatrist struggles to solve the mystery of what is happening in Jane's mind, she suddenly goes missing. When she is found a day later, unconscious in a park, she has no memory of what has happened to her.
Are Jane's strange experiences related to the overwhelm of single motherhood, or long-buried trauma from her past? Why is she having visions of a young man who died twenty years ago, who warns her of disaster ahead?
Jane's symptoms will lead her psychiatrist to question everything he once thought he knew . . . Profound and beautifully written, THE STRANGE CASE OF JANE O. is a speculative mystery about memory, identity and fate, a mesmerising story about the bonds of love between a mother and child, a man and a woman, and the haunting, unexplained mysteries of the human mind.
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