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Thanks for the Memories (2009) (edit title/settings)

by Cecelia Ahern (Author) (edit contributors)

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New York Times bestselling author Cecelia Ahern's charming new novel explores what happens when "what if" becomes a reality for two strangers whose lives are at a crossroads. How can you know someone you've never met? That's the question haunting Joyce Conway these days. Recovering... read more

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Joyce Conway remembers things she shouldn't. She knows about tiny cobbled streets in Paris, which she has never visited. And every night she dreams about an unknown little girl with blonde hair.

Justin Hitchcock is divorced, lonely and restless. He arrives at Dublin to give a lecture on... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Joyce Conway remembers things she shouldn't. She knows about tiny cobbled streets in Paris, which she has never visited. And every night she dreams about an unknown little girl with blonde hair.

Justin Hitchcock is divorced, lonely and restless. He arrives at Dublin to give a lecture on art art and is persuaded to donate blood. It's the first thing to come straight from his heart in a long time.

When Joyce leaves hospital after a terrible accident, with her life and her marriage in pieces, she moves back in with her elderly father. All the while, a strong sense of deja vu is overwhelming her and she can't figure out why.

By the dialing of a wrong number, Joyce starts to figure out gradually that the girl with blonde hair in her everyday dream is named "Bea", who is Justin Hitchcock's daughter. And by a series of conversations with Bea, it also turns out that the blood Justin donated has gone into Joyce's body to help her after that accident...

In the beginning of the book, Justin Hitchcock, a lecturer on the history of art, accidentally interrupts a lecture by Sarah, a doctor who was giving a speech about blood donations. The children in the class were intently giving all their attenton to the lady and so was Justin. He was seemingly frightened of the concept of blood but eventually agreed because he could not say no to Sarah who he seemingly had a crush on. After donating a pint of blood, he asked Sarah if it could be possible to find out who got his blood, but Sarah told him that the information was confidential. Justin was actually hoping that the person whose life he had saved, would thank him and do many things for him, such as giving him muffins and saving him from falling pianos, and such.

Meanwhile, at about the same time, Joyce, a soon to be mother, falls down the stairs, and loses her baby. This is the worst point of her life and she regrets losing her baby, which later on leads to her divorce with Connor, her husband, whom she had a loveless relationship with. They also sell their house later on. Because of her accident, Joyce has to be given blood. This blood, some of which, may have belonged to Justin, was the only thing that had been from his heart in a long time. The blood inadvertly, causes Joyce to remember all sorts of things about Justin's life, his memories, his lectures, his dad's death, his daughter and many of his personal thoughts. They also keep seeing each other everywhere they go. This leads people around them to think that they are stalking each other.

Through some strange events, Justin and Joyce find out more and more about each other. Joyce learns that Justin's blood is flowing through her veins and feels a connection with him. She stages a plan to keep thanking Justin and inviting him to a concert. Justin agrees and tells her to go with him, through a message.

The same day they are supposed to meet, they meet at a department store, where Justin's brother and his wife and two of Joyce's best friends, stage a date for them, at a restaurant. So this causes a gereater confusion, as Justin goes to the restaurant to get to know Joyce. He still does not know that Joyce is the one who sent him the notes. Joyce, however wants Justin to know this, so she goes to the concert. Boh hope that the other arrives and wait till midnight but no one comes. They both feel irritated and stupid for not going to the other place. Then Justin learns that Joyce is the note person...He gets over-excited and finds her number and tells her that he knows! Joyce tells him about her situation, the whole deja vu thing she feels and his memories. He says that it is a coincidence. She plays her trump card, about his dad's death, which backfires, as Justin turns sensitive and shouts at her. They intend to break all ties!

A month later, Joyce and Justin meet again. In a very cute and lovely scene, Justin says sorry and they keep saying loads of secrets about each other, which Joyce knows from Justin's memories and Justin knows from her friends. Then they kiss and get together.

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  • “It occurs to me now happiness and sadness are so closely knitted together. Such a thin line, a threadlike divide. In the midst of emotions, it trembles, blurring the territory of exact opposites. The movement is minute, like the thin string of a spider's web that quivers under a raindrop.”
  • “It's funny how people mark their lives, choose certain benchmarks to show when one moment is more of a moment than any other. For life is made of countless moments. I like to think the best ones are in my mind, that they run through my blood in their own memory bank for no one else to see.”
  • “But more often than not, the easy decisions are the wrong decisions, and sometimes we feel like we're going backward when we're actually moving forward.”
  • “"In my day, something just was. None of this analysis a hundred times over. None of these college courses with people graduating with degrees in Whys and Hows and Becauses. Sometimes, love, you just need to forget all of those words and enroll in a little lesson called 'Thank You.'"”
    Dad, speaking to Joyce.
  • “When those who have passed through their troubles and come out the other side suddenly embrace their new beliefs wholeheartedly, it is viewed with cynicism. Why? Because when you're in trouble, you look harder for answers than those who aren't, and it's those answers that are usually the ones to help you through.”
    Dad
  • “"Like music notes, so familiar, so simple, but arranged in a different way, become pure masterpiece."”
  • “"How extraordinary the ordinary really is, a tool we all use to keep going, a template for sanity."”
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  • I’ve learned over time that answers usually present themselves. They are not hidden under rocks or camouflaged among trees. Answers are right there, in front of our eyes. But if you haven’t cause to look, then you will probably never find them.
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  • people never truly tire of playing games and dressing up, no matter how many years pass. Our lies now are just more sophisticated; our words to deceive, more eloquent. From cowboys and Indians, doctors and nurses, to husband and wife, we’ve never stopped pretending.
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  • Marrying a nice man gives you a nice marriage, but never anything more. And nice is okay when it’s among other things, but never when it stands alone.
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  • Sometimes we need all the glue we can get, just to hold ourselves together.
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Close your eyes and stare into the dark.

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Prologue
One month earlier
Chapters One - Four
Present Day
Chapters Five - Forty-Two
One month Later
Chapter Forty-Three

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  1. Cecelia Ahern (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Harper
Country: Great Britain
Publication Date: April 7, 2009
ISBN: 006170623X
Page Count: 489

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