A woman suffering from anterograde amnesia tries to remember her life in Before I Go To Sleep, a psychological thriller by S. J. Watson.

Summary of the Book

Christine Lucas wakes up every day next to a man she cannot recognize. He calms her down and tells her that she is his wife and that she is currently 47 years old. Two years ago, he explains, she met with a terrible accident which resulted in her current affliction: anterograde amnesia. She can’t form new memories. Alarmed at her discovery, she struggles to come to terms. After the man leaves for work, she receives a mysterious phone call from a doctor claiming to be her physician. His name is Dr. Nash and he has been treating her without the knowledge of her husband. He guides her to a journal she had been maintaining. The contents of the journal shock her. The first thing she needs to remember is that she can trust no one, especially not her husband.

About S. J. Watson

Steven “S. J.” Watson is an English novelist. A graduate of the University of Birmingham, Watson worked in various hospitals and specialized as an audiologist in the diagnosis and treatment of hearing-impaired children. He was accepted for the first course “Writing a Novel” at the Faber Academy, and this is his first novel.

The above title has been adapted into a film directed by Rowan Joffe and starring Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth and Mark Strong.
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9780552164122, 0552164127
Language: English
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pages: 384