Emma Tupper is a dedicated lawyer with a bright future. Butwhen she takes a month-long leave of absence to go on an African vacation, sheends up facing unexpected consequences. After she falls ill and spends sixmonths trapped in a remote village thanks to a devastating earthquake, Emmareturns home to discover that her friends, boyfriend, and colleagues thought shewas dead and that her life has moved on without her.
As she struggles to recreate her old life, throwing herselfinto solving a big case for a client and trying to reclaim her belovedapartment from the handsome photographer who’s taken over her lease, everyonearound her thinks she should take the opportunity to change. But is she willingto sacrifice the job, relationships and everything else she worked so hard tobuild?
In FORGOTTEN, Catherine McKenzie tweaks a classic tale of discovering who we really are when everything that brings meaning to our lives is lost.
A charming tale of discovering what really matters after everything is lost
Emma Tupper, a young lawyer with a bright future, falls ill on a trip to Africa. While recovering in a small village, a devastating earthquake hits, turning her one-month vacation into a six-month ordeal. When she’s finally able to return home, she’s shocked to find that her friends and colleagues believed she was dead and that life has gone on without her.
Can she pick up where she left off? Should she? As Emma struggles to recreate her old life, everyone around her thinks she should take the opportunity to change: her job, her relationships and even herself. But is she willing to sacrifice everything she worked so hard to build?
“An endearing story of discovery and transformation and the importance of turning lemons into lemonade.”—Booklist
“For fans of The Good Wife . . . . Forgotten is a pure page-turning pleasure.”—Gwendolen Gross, author of The Orphan Sister
