Genius premise characters you wont want to leave behindA suspenseful story in the vein of Life After Life Carol is a gifted pianist who has never needed anything but her talent until a mysterious injury forces her to stop playing and she has to confront an empty existence She begins to see glimpses of her next life Andreq Is he really what he seems to be And can he help Carol learn to live her life nowReminded me of The End of Mr Y by Scarlett Thomas one of my Top Shelf Authors I Want To Write Like ThatReminded me of Doris Lessingthough Morris is much more readableThe ideas are fresh the plot unpredictable the characters interesting I was entirely engaged and convinced I liked the writing very much with its story within a story having echoes of Atwoods Blind AssassinDistinct voice reminded me of Atwoods Handmaids TaleHaving read Hilary Mantels Beyond Black which also explores the murky lives of charlatans I was intrigued by the subject What I got was a first class pageturnerI was reminded of Iain Banks London is a gritty grave place where to step off the treadmill can leave one on the outsideReminded me at first of The Time Travellers wife strong imagery and layers of story within a story However it grew into something quite differentGave me the creepy feeling of Rosemarys Baby or the Wicker ManLike John Fowless The Magus the sort of literature I enjoy reading an unsettling plot with hints of more beyond Not the depressing realism of your typical Booker novelist or the light fluffiness of middle class city lifeLike Murakamis HardBoiled Wonderland although this book uses its double narrative in a more straightforward fashion which I appreciateI have had to wrestle with monsters of professional jealousy to review this book It is SO goodReminds me of the canny cultural observations of Barbara Pym or Penelope Fitzgerald Prepare to be surprised mystified and sorry it endsNot easily categorised Should I call it a literary novel Science Fiction Romance You could make a case for any oneExcellent Will read it again soonI was always fascinated by tales of regression to past lives says the author Roz Morris I thought what if instead of going to the past someone went to a future life Who would do that Why What would they findAnother longtime interest was the world of the classical musician Musical scores are exacting and dictatorial you play a note for perhaps a sixth of a second and not only that there are instructions for how to feel expressivo amoroso Its as if you dont play a piece of classical music you channel the spirit of the composerI became fascinated by a character who routinely opened her entire soul to the most emotional communications of classical composers And I thought what if she couldnt do it any more And then what if I threw her together with someone who could trap the part of her that responded so completely to musicMy Memories of a Future Life is a new addition to the great tradition of the who was I tale for readers of Cloud Atlas Somewhere In Time Vertigo Lady of Hay and The Blind Assassin

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