Lucy Miller s family has the unique ability to remove people s painful memories but Lucy isn t
prepared for truths she will uncover in this twisty speculative thriller perfect for fans of
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Neal Shusterman. People come from everywhere to
forget. At the Memory House in Tumble Tree Texas Lucy s father can literally erase folks
heartache and tragic memories. Lucy can t wait to learn the family trade and help alleviate
others pain and now at sixteen she finally can. But everything is not as it seems. When Lucy
practices memory-taking on her dad his memory won t come loose and in the bit that Lucy sees
there s a flash of Mama on the day she died tinged red with guilt. Then Lucy wakes up the next
morning with a bruised knee a pocketful of desert sand and no memory of what happened. She
has no choice but to listen to Marco Warman a local boy she s always wondered about who seems
to know more than he should. As Lucy and Marco realize there are gaps in their own memories
they team up to fill in the missing pieces to figure out what s really going on in their town
and to uncover their own stolen history along the way. But as the mysteries pile up one thing
becomes certain: There are some secrets people will do anything to keep.
