IF THE ONE THING YOU CAN TRUST IS YOUR MEMORY WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FORGET? A young woman
Jane O arrives in a psychiatrist' s office. She' s been suffering a series of worrying
episodes: amnesia premonitions hallucinations and an inexplicable sense of dread. But as the
psychiatrist struggles to solve the mystery of what is happening in Jane' s mind she
suddenly goes missing. When she is found a day later unconscious in a park she has no memory
of what has happened to her. Are Jane' s strange experiences related to the overwhelm of
single motherhood or long-buried trauma from her past? Why is she having visions of a young
man who died twenty years ago who warns her of disaster ahead? Jane' s symptoms will lead
her psychiatrist to question everything he once thought he knew . . . Profound and
beautifully written THE STRANGE CASE OF JANE O. is a speculative mystery about memory
identity and fate a mesmerising story about the bonds of love between a mother and child a
man and a woman and the haunting unexplained mysteries of the human mind. Praise for The
Strange Case of Jane O. and Karen Thompson Walker: ' Brilliant and unforgettable . . . at
once a metaphysical thriller a psychological mystery and a profound love story' Karen
Russell Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times bestselling author of Swamplandia ! '
Asks thrilling and vital questions about perception memory consciousness and the limits of
our known world . . . The Strange Case of Jane O. is both mind-bending and soul-altering'
Jessamine Chan New York Times Bestselling author of The School for Good Mothers ' An
astonishing novel-a mind-blowing blend of page-turning mystery and deep philosophical inquiry
into the nature of memory and reality itself. Karen Thompson Walker has created an
unputdownable book with a haunting twist ending I' ll be thinking about for a long time'
Angie Kim ' Mesmerizing. This one is tough to shake' Publishers Weekly starred review
' Harrowing riveting profoundly moving and beautifully written . . . this book is
stunning' Emily St. John Mandel author of Station Eleven ' Beautiful and
devastating' Red ' A mesmerising read' Psychologies ' Thought-provoking and
profound' Cosmopolitan ' Lyrical and beguiling' Observer ' This is a
profound novel and a deeply moving one' Robin Black ' Powerful and moving . . .
written with symphonic sweep' New York Times ' Imaginative disturbing and ultimately
spellbinding' Vogue
