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The Reminders

Val Emmich

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English
Picador
13 June 2017
Overcome with the loss of his boyfriend Sydney, Gavin Winters has set fire to every reminder in their home.

A neighbour has captured the blaze on video, turning this little-known TV actor into a household name.

Gavin flees LA for New Jersey, where he hopes that ten-year-old Joan, the daughter of a close friend, can reconnect him with the memories of Sydney he is now in danger of losing forever.

Joan was born with a rare ability to recall every single day of her life in perfect detail, and in return for sharing her memories of Sydney, Gavin will help her write a song for a local competition. For Joan has had enough of being the girl who can't forget - she wants to be the girl who will never be forgotten . . .

Charming, beautifully observed, poignant and funny, The Reminders is an irresistible story of the unlikely friendship between a grief-stricken man who can't remember and a ten-year-old girl who can't forget.

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Imprint:   Picador
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   Air Iri OME
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 153mm,  Spine: 23mm
Weight:   436g
ISBN:   9781509829439
ISBN 10:   1509829431
Pages:   224
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Val Emmich is an actor with numerous high-profile TV credits to his name, and an award-winning singer-songwriter who has released over a dozen albums. The Reminders is his first novel. Val lives in Jersey City, New Jersey, with his wife and two children.

Reviews for The Reminders

Endearing and wise . . . I adored the unlikely friendship between a gifted child who remembers everything and a grieving man who is trying to forget. Emmich brings a compassionate, often comical, and always true eye to his storytelling. Ten-year-old Joan says a good song should either make you want to dance or cry, and The Reminders does both’ -- Eowyn Ivey, bestselling author of <i>The Snow Child</i> Val Emmich has created an indelible cast of complex and quirky characters who drew me in for an emotional and humorous ride . . . A book brimming with heart and soul – you really must read it! -- Garth Stein, bestselling author of <i>The Art of Racing in the Rain</i> In a story that is both startlingly original and deeply familiar, I could not stop reading, and was bereft when the story ended. -- Jacquelyn Mitchard, bestselling author of <i>The Deep End of the Ocean</i>


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