{"product_id":"tell-me-an-ending-a-novel","title":"Tell Me an Ending: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eProduct Description Sharply, beautifully written. The New York Times Book Review Intriguing, frightening, witty, and humane. The Wall Street Journal Black Mirror meets Severence in this thrilling speculative novel about a tech company that deletes unwanted memories, the consequences for those forced to deal with what they tried to forget, and the doctor who seeks to protect her patients from further harm.What if you didnt have to live with your worst memories? Across the world, thousands of people are shocked by a notification that they once chose to have a memory removed. Now they are being given an opportunity to get that memory back. Four individuals are filled with new doubts, grappling with the unexpected question of whether to remember unknown events, or to leave them buried forever. Finn, an Irish architect living in the Arizona desert, begins to suspect his charming wife of having an affair. Mei, a troubled grad school dropout in Kuala Lumpur, wonders why she remembers a city she has never visited. William, a former police inspector in England, struggles with PTSD, the breakdown of his marriage, and his own secret family history. Oscar, a handsome young man with almost no memories at all, travels the world in a constant state of fear. Into these characters lives comes Noor, a psychologist working at the Nepenthe memory removal clinic in London. The process of reinstating patients memories begins to shake the moral foundations of her world. As she delves deeper into how the program works, she will have to risk everything to uncover the cost of this miraculous technology. A provocative exploration of secrets, grief, and identityof the stories we tell ourselvesTell Me an Ending is an intellectually and emotionally satisfying thriller (Booklist). Review \"A cleverly conceived and wonderfully executed ensemble piece: intriguing, frightening, witty and humane.\"Wall Street Journal Sharply, beautifully written and punctuated with wry, slanted asides,Tell Me anEndingis one of the most sophisticated works of science fiction Ive read recently. Its full of tender portraits of people who arent inherently admirable or greatpeople who are bitter, jealous, anxious, taciturnas they navigate the core questionof who they are, with or without their memories. But theres a deeper question, too, subtle as a pulse beneath each chapters skin: Where does memory live? Is it a node of synapses in the brain, or is it something more distributedsomething in the storieswe inherit, the stories we choose, the stories we choose to leave behind? Amal El-Mohtar, New York Times Book Review \"Revelations regarding identity, grief, and secrets prove to be both liberating and devastating.Esquire \"As thought-provoking as it is suspenseful.CrimeReads A thrilling dystopian masterpiece. . . . unputdownable.The Daily Hive Anintriguing debut. . . .Harkin boldly imagines an eerily plausible present andmasterfully probes several characters. . . .athrilling speculative novel.\"Shelf Awareness(starred review) \"This high-concept debut asks an interesting question: What if we could edit our memories? .. .Harkin builds a picture of a world radically altered by a controversial technology and of people who are learning that you cant change the past without impacting the present. An intellectually and emotionally satisfying thriller.\"Booklist \"A richly imagined debut. Harkin keeps the plot tight and times her reveals effectively. It adds up toa smart speculative outing.Publishers Weekly Intriguing and compelling. . . . Interconnected storylines all arrive at the same conclusion: Messing with memory is messy business.Kirkus Reviews An Important novel. . . .Jo Harkin does a masterful job. . . .this mind-bending debut will certainly make you think.Book Reporter\"Clever and imaginative, Tell Me an Ending is a riveting and thought-provoking exploration of one of our most precious and fragile p\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"replacement-content\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFEATURES\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"replacement-content\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unbranded","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46575009923295,"sku":"S14639191","price":27.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0581\/9701\/6765\/files\/51Ul_Gtgx7L._AC_US1500.jpg?v=1733957955","url":"https:\/\/speedmerchant65.myshopify.com\/products\/tell-me-an-ending-a-novel","provider":"The Hungry Bookworm \u0026 Speedmerchant65","version":"1.0","type":"link"}