The Forgetting
From the bestselling author of If Only I Could Tell You comes the story of two women determined to uncover the truth. But how can you trust the present if you can't remember the past?
When Anna Bradshaw wakes up in a hospital bed in London, she remembers nothing, not even her loving husband, Stephen. The doctors say her amnesia is to be expected, but Anna feels cut adrift from her entire life.
In Bristol, Livvy Nicholson is newly married to Dominic and eager to get back to work after six months’ maternity leave. But when Dominic’s estranged mother appears, making a series of unnerving claims, Livvy is sucked into a version of herself she doesn’t recognise.
A hundred miles apart, both women feel trapped and disorientated, and their stories are about to collide. Can they uncover the secret that connects them and reconstruct their fractured lives?
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Hannah Beckerman
Some writers chase drama in the loud moments of life. Hannah Beckerman has built her literary world in the silences—the unspoken hurts, the quiet hopes, the truths families guard too closely. A former television producer turned full-time author and critic, Beckerman has an instinct for peeling back the layers of ordinary lives to reveal the extraordinary emotions underneath.
Born and raised in London, Beckerman’s love of stories began young, nurtured by weekend visits to the local library and a deep academic dive into English literature at King’s College London. After earning a master’s degree at Queen Mary University, she spent over a decade crafting narratives behind the scenes of BBC and Channel 4 documentaries, before turning her attention to the kinds of stories that unfold off-camera—personal, intimate, and often bittersweet.
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