You know, this Alice, she thought she was 29, happy as could be, newly married, even expecting her first baby. But then, bam! She wakes up one day and finds out she’s not 29 no more. Nope, she’s 39! And she’s got three kids, her marriage is falling apart, and everything around her has changed. Can you imagine that? One day you’re living your best life, next day you don’t even recognize it!
So, she wakes up in this strange gym, confused as all get out. Her head hurts something fierce, and she’s looking around like, “Where am I? What’s going on?” Poor thing doesn’t even realize she’s lost ten whole years of her life. Ten years! That’s a lot of time to forget. And when she finally gets told her real age, she’s just in shock. “How did I get here?” she must be thinking.
And let me tell you, that’s just the beginning of her troubles. She doesn’t even remember why she’s in the middle of a divorce with her husband, Nick. But from what she can piece together, it wasn’t all bad. I mean, sure, they had their fights and their differences, like most married couples do. But deep down, she still loves him, or at least she used to. It’s hard to know when you’re missing a whole decade of memories.
There’s this one memory that sticks out, though. It’s about their daughter, Madison. Alice remembers a time when Madison won a recital, and she was so proud. She looked at Nick, her husband, and felt something. That’s when she thought maybe, just maybe, they could work things out. But then, there’s always something pulling them apart. Ain’t it always like that with love? You think it’s going one way, and then it flips on you.
Now, Alice, she’s got this friend, or at least she used to. Gina, bless her heart, was a close friend, but she passed away in a car accident. Alice didn’t just lose years; she lost people she cared about. And now, with her memory gone, she’s trying to make sense of it all. She’s starting to understand why her marriage was falling apart, but also seeing where she went wrong too. Marriage ain’t easy, and she’s figuring out that it takes more than love to make it work.
Marriage and Friendship
- Love’s important, but you can’t let things like pride get in the way.
- Friendship is just as fragile. One day you’re laughing with your best friend, and the next, they’re gone.
- Alice is learning this the hard way, trying to pick up the pieces of her life while figuring out where she went wrong.
She’s different now, this new Alice. She knows why she wanted a divorce, but at the same time, she’s learning why things went the way they did. People change, and sometimes they drift apart. But Alice, bless her heart, she’s realizing that maybe not all of it was for the best. She let her friendship with Gina slip away, and now it’s too late to fix it. That’s a tough lesson to learn.
So, what’s she going to do now? That’s the big question, ain’t it? She’s got three kids to think about, a husband she might still love, and a whole lot of life to figure out. It ain’t easy waking up one day and realizing the life you thought you had is gone. But Alice, she’s a tough one. She’s going to do her best to put the pieces back together, even if some of them don’t fit like they used to.
Life’s funny like that, huh? One minute you’re young, full of dreams, and the next, you’re older and things didn’t go quite like you planned. But that’s life, and Alice, well, she’s got to figure out how to live it all over again.
Tags：[What Alice Forgot, Liane Moriarty, Marriage, Memory Loss, Friendship, Divorce]
