The Book of Memory
2.2 hrs read
Rate this book:
About This Book
Memory, the narrator of Petina Gappah's The Book of Memory, is an albino woman languishing in Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison in Harare, Zimbabwe, after being sentenced for murder. As part of her appeal, her lawyer insists that she write down what happened as she remembers it. The death penalty is a mandatory sentence for murder, and Memory is, both literally and metaphorically, writing for her life. As her story unfolds, Memory reveals that she has been tried and convicted for the murder of Lloyd Hendricks, her adopted father. But who was Lloyd Hendricks? Why does Memory feel no remorse for his death? And did everything happen exactly as she remembers?
Buy This Book
As an Amazon Associate and Bookshop.org affiliate, BookOrb earns from qualifying purchases.
Write a Review
Sign in to write a review.
More by Mary Carruthers
Clueless Society - a Screenpla
Clueless Society - a Screenplay
Le livre de la mémoire. la mémoire dans la culture medievale
Medieval Craft of Memory
The Experience of Beauty in the Middle Ages
The Medieval Craft of Memory,
The Medieval Craft of Memory, An Anthology of Texts and Pictures
The mind of Will
The mind of Will