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Reading age12 - 16 years
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LanguageEnglish
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PublisherHodder & Stoughton
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Publication date24 June 2010
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ISBN-13978-0340953518
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"It's pure romance!"—New York Post
"Literature is filled with lovers that not even death can divide. Heathcliff and Cathy, then Edward and Bella; now in Ann Brashares' entrancing new romantic saga, readers will be swept away by Daniel and Lucy, whose love is truly one for the ages. . . . In My Name is Memory, readers will trace Daniel and Lucy's love over centuries and continents, intoxicated both by the pair's passion and by Brashares' rich historical and geographical detail. A potent mix of The Time Traveler's Wife, Twilight and something entirely new, My Name is Memory . . . will remind readers that when it comes to love, hope springs eternal."—Bookpage
--This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.
"Literature is filled with lovers that not even death can divide. Heathcliff and Cathy, then Edward and Bella; now in Ann Brashares' entrancing new romantic saga, readers will be swept away by Daniel and Lucy, whose love is truly one for the ages. . . . In My Name is Memory, readers will trace Daniel and Lucy's love over centuries and continents, intoxicated both by the pair's passion and by Brashares' rich historical and geographical detail. A potent mix of The Time Traveler's Wife, Twilight and something entirely new, My Name is Memory . . . will remind readers that when it comes to love, hope springs eternal."—Bookpage
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
I have lived more than a thousand years. I have died countless times. I forget precisely how many times. My memory is an extraordinary thing, but it is not perfect. I am human.
The early lives blur a bit. The arc of your soul follows the pattern of each of your lives. It is macrocosmic. There was my childhood. There have been many childhoods. And even in the early part of my soul I reached adulthood many times. These days, in every one of my infancies, the memory comes faster. We go through the motions. We look oddly at the world around us. We remember. I say “we” and I mean myself, my soul, my selves, my many lives. I say “we” and I also mean the other ones like me who have the Memory, the conscious record of experience on this earth that survives every death. There aren’t many, I know. Maybe one in a century, one born out of millions. We find one another rarely, but believe me, there are others. At least one of them has a memory far more extraordinary than mine.
I have been born and died many times in many places. The space between them is the same. I wasn’t in Bethlehem for Christ’s birth. I never saw the glory that was Rome. I never bowed to Charlemagne. At that time I was scratching out a crop in Anatolia, speaking a dialect unintelligible to the villages north and south. Only God and the devil can be counted on for all the thrilling parts. The great hits of history go along without the notice of most. I read about them in books like everybody else.
Sometimes I feel more akin to houses and trees than to my fellow human beings. I stand around watching the waves of people come and go. Their lives are short, but mine is long. Sometimes I imagine myself as a post driven into the ocean’s edge.
I’ve never had a child, and I’ve never gotten old. I don’t know why. I have seen beauty in countless things. I have fallen in love, and she is the one who endures. I killed her once and died for her many times and I still have nothing to show for it. I always search for her; I always remember her. I carry the hope that someday she will remember me. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.
The early lives blur a bit. The arc of your soul follows the pattern of each of your lives. It is macrocosmic. There was my childhood. There have been many childhoods. And even in the early part of my soul I reached adulthood many times. These days, in every one of my infancies, the memory comes faster. We go through the motions. We look oddly at the world around us. We remember. I say “we” and I mean myself, my soul, my selves, my many lives. I say “we” and I also mean the other ones like me who have the Memory, the conscious record of experience on this earth that survives every death. There aren’t many, I know. Maybe one in a century, one born out of millions. We find one another rarely, but believe me, there are others. At least one of them has a memory far more extraordinary than mine.
I have been born and died many times in many places. The space between them is the same. I wasn’t in Bethlehem for Christ’s birth. I never saw the glory that was Rome. I never bowed to Charlemagne. At that time I was scratching out a crop in Anatolia, speaking a dialect unintelligible to the villages north and south. Only God and the devil can be counted on for all the thrilling parts. The great hits of history go along without the notice of most. I read about them in books like everybody else.
Sometimes I feel more akin to houses and trees than to my fellow human beings. I stand around watching the waves of people come and go. Their lives are short, but mine is long. Sometimes I imagine myself as a post driven into the ocean’s edge.
I’ve never had a child, and I’ve never gotten old. I don’t know why. I have seen beauty in countless things. I have fallen in love, and she is the one who endures. I killed her once and died for her many times and I still have nothing to show for it. I always search for her; I always remember her. I carry the hope that someday she will remember me. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.
Review
'Calling all Twilight fans!'
'The centuries-old background to their story is as compelling as the action in the present and makes their constant near misses tear-provokingly frustrating. And the involvement of Daniel's evil brother adds the heart-racing pace of this thriller. It's a book that will inevitably draw comparisons to The Time Traveller's Wife, and stands up well to that modern classic'
'A well-written love story'
'Life change alert: this spellbinding epic will alter your views on relationships and death. From the Byzantine era in 520AD to Virginia in 2009, Daniel pursues and loses his beloved Sophia because of his ability to hold memory from past lives. We can't wait for the film adaptation - the team behind Pretty Woman won the bidding war'
'Twilight 2.0? Edward and Bella have competition: this love story spans 1,000 years, has other-worldly flavour, and two sequels planned. Plus, the movie rights have already been sold'
'it has everything you could want from a good book . . . I cannot recommend this book highly enough . . . I suggest you all add it to your summer reading list. You won't be disappointed'
'There are a lot of books I like and there are a lot of books I love and this is by far a love that I'm sure if I was to read it again and again I would see it a new light each time. I can not wait to read the next in the series.'
'It's the type of book that takes all those questions we ask ourselves about destiny and the meaning of life and explores them so convincingly that it's almost as thought the author has stumbled upon a secret. Magical'.
'[T]his beautifully written novel is already on its way to becoming a Hollywood movie'.
'This clever story about someone trying to catch-up with a long lost love, will be a hit with fans of Branshares'. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
'The centuries-old background to their story is as compelling as the action in the present and makes their constant near misses tear-provokingly frustrating. And the involvement of Daniel's evil brother adds the heart-racing pace of this thriller. It's a book that will inevitably draw comparisons to The Time Traveller's Wife, and stands up well to that modern classic'
'A well-written love story'
'Life change alert: this spellbinding epic will alter your views on relationships and death. From the Byzantine era in 520AD to Virginia in 2009, Daniel pursues and loses his beloved Sophia because of his ability to hold memory from past lives. We can't wait for the film adaptation - the team behind Pretty Woman won the bidding war'
'Twilight 2.0? Edward and Bella have competition: this love story spans 1,000 years, has other-worldly flavour, and two sequels planned. Plus, the movie rights have already been sold'
'it has everything you could want from a good book . . . I cannot recommend this book highly enough . . . I suggest you all add it to your summer reading list. You won't be disappointed'
'There are a lot of books I like and there are a lot of books I love and this is by far a love that I'm sure if I was to read it again and again I would see it a new light each time. I can not wait to read the next in the series.'
'It's the type of book that takes all those questions we ask ourselves about destiny and the meaning of life and explores them so convincingly that it's almost as thought the author has stumbled upon a secret. Magical'.
'[T]his beautifully written novel is already on its way to becoming a Hollywood movie'.
'This clever story about someone trying to catch-up with a long lost love, will be a hit with fans of Branshares'. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
About the Author
Ann Brashares is the New York Times bestselling author of the phenomenally bestselling series of young adult novels, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Her first adult novel, The Last Summer (of You and Me debuted on the New York Times list, in both hardcover and paperback, where it stayed for months.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Book Description
'You have been with me from the very first life. You are my first memory every time, the single thread in all of my lives.'
Product details
- ASIN : B004GKMUJ4
- Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton (24 June 2010)
- Language : English
- File size : 780 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 338 pages
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Best Sellers Rank:
#512,839 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #19,788 in Children's Literature & Fiction (Kindle Store)
- #27,036 in Contemporary Fiction (Kindle Store)
- #62,015 in Children's Literature & Fiction (Books)
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Jenny C
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great book, but did not like the ending ..
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 December 2014Verified Purchase
I wasn't sure if I would like this book, I often do not like books that jump around as I get the plot confused, however although this book did a lot of jumping about they were always clearly titled with place names and dates and I never once got confused at to who's POV it was or where they were.
The story itself was also good, although it was obvious where the story was going and how it was going to end I liked the way it was written. I very much enjoyed this book.
On the down side, I did not like the ending. I felt that the book did not actually end, it was like a cliff hanger. This might be me reading the ending wrong but there was too much of an opening left that I did not feel any closure.
I have looked on her website to see if there was a second book but I did not see one .. This could have led to a second book but I do not know if it will, or if I am supposed to use my imagination to create my own ending as once you read the book there are many ways your mind can assume the ending :)
The story itself was also good, although it was obvious where the story was going and how it was going to end I liked the way it was written. I very much enjoyed this book.
On the down side, I did not like the ending. I felt that the book did not actually end, it was like a cliff hanger. This might be me reading the ending wrong but there was too much of an opening left that I did not feel any closure.
I have looked on her website to see if there was a second book but I did not see one .. This could have led to a second book but I do not know if it will, or if I am supposed to use my imagination to create my own ending as once you read the book there are many ways your mind can assume the ending :)
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Mr. John Frank Herbert
4.0 out of 5 stars
Stays In The Memory
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 November 2015Verified Purchase
Daniel has lived so many different lives, and the bonus for him is that he can remember
pretty much everything that happened in them all. He is gaining so much information
but the real thing he is searching for is his lost love from way way back, who herself
is reincarnating - the difference is she is not aware of what's gone before.
So, will she piece it together bit by bit?
The story is told through several of Daniel's lifelines, including present day, and this
mystical spellbinding search for love is fairly gripping.
Her (Lucy/Sofia) fighting to make sense of it all, as Daniel gradually tries to make
her acquaintance before unburdening his story, is nicely done.
Without giving too much away it looks like a sequel is required, if only to tie
up the loose ends.
pretty much everything that happened in them all. He is gaining so much information
but the real thing he is searching for is his lost love from way way back, who herself
is reincarnating - the difference is she is not aware of what's gone before.
So, will she piece it together bit by bit?
The story is told through several of Daniel's lifelines, including present day, and this
mystical spellbinding search for love is fairly gripping.
Her (Lucy/Sofia) fighting to make sense of it all, as Daniel gradually tries to make
her acquaintance before unburdening his story, is nicely done.
Without giving too much away it looks like a sequel is required, if only to tie
up the loose ends.

g
4.0 out of 5 stars
A great concept....not brilliantly executed.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 December 2012Verified Purchase
Read it if: you want an unusal YA fiction, with the usual romance, hot guys and limitless misunderstandings between the two star-crossed lovers.
Don't read it if: you are only looking at it because your an Anne Brashares fan. Its nothing like her other works.
The Review:
A little late with this review - it was realised in 2011
I love Ann Brashares and so I wanted to love this. I didn't really read the blurb and was quite surprised when the main character was a male - an interesting POV, but it made it a little difficult for me to identify him.
Daniel is blessed (or cursed) with memory - he remembers every life he's ever lived, few have been happy and he's spent them all looking for Sophia. Daniel believes Sophia is his true love, he's met her in many lives but they have never been able to make it work, sometimes she was older than him, others he older than her. Its a fairly tragic tale. Then he meets Lucy - she is sophia (or sophia is lucy..) and they're the same age, everything should line up perfectly. Except she doesn't remember him. This of course leads to misunderstandings, near misses, long lustful looks and an awful lot of stalker like behaviour. There's plenty of drama curtesy of a bad guy (no spoilers as to who that might be!) but its a little rushed at the end, some books allow everything to fall into place, MNIM just pushed it forward a little.
I liked the premise of the book, but the jumping from present day to past to years on in the present got a little confusing. Daniel's obsession with Sofia was a little weird, calling her the same name in every lifetime would have really annoyed me (if I was her!). Daniel was incredibly selfish and shallow, Lucy was a bit wet for me, there was little depth to her.
It was an ok read, I got through it quickly but it was missing Brashares magic, I'm not sure why, but I wouldn't rush out to buy another in the series.
Don't read it if: you are only looking at it because your an Anne Brashares fan. Its nothing like her other works.
The Review:
A little late with this review - it was realised in 2011
I love Ann Brashares and so I wanted to love this. I didn't really read the blurb and was quite surprised when the main character was a male - an interesting POV, but it made it a little difficult for me to identify him.
Daniel is blessed (or cursed) with memory - he remembers every life he's ever lived, few have been happy and he's spent them all looking for Sophia. Daniel believes Sophia is his true love, he's met her in many lives but they have never been able to make it work, sometimes she was older than him, others he older than her. Its a fairly tragic tale. Then he meets Lucy - she is sophia (or sophia is lucy..) and they're the same age, everything should line up perfectly. Except she doesn't remember him. This of course leads to misunderstandings, near misses, long lustful looks and an awful lot of stalker like behaviour. There's plenty of drama curtesy of a bad guy (no spoilers as to who that might be!) but its a little rushed at the end, some books allow everything to fall into place, MNIM just pushed it forward a little.
I liked the premise of the book, but the jumping from present day to past to years on in the present got a little confusing. Daniel's obsession with Sofia was a little weird, calling her the same name in every lifetime would have really annoyed me (if I was her!). Daniel was incredibly selfish and shallow, Lucy was a bit wet for me, there was little depth to her.
It was an ok read, I got through it quickly but it was missing Brashares magic, I'm not sure why, but I wouldn't rush out to buy another in the series.

Kirsty at the Overflowing Library
5.0 out of 5 stars
loved it
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 August 2010Verified Purchase
This is possibly the best book I have read so far this year. It literally blew me away in its awesomeness.
The main driving force of this story and the thing I loved the most about it is Daniel's ongoing love for Lucy a soul he keeps finding time and time again in the many different lives he has lived. The love he had for came across throughout the book beautifully. It really made you think about the whole concept of soul mates as they seemed destined for each despite the various circumstances they were in, in the different lives they were born into.
I really enjoyed the idea reincarnation used as the book's premise. I loved the idea that Daniel could remember all of his lives and enjoyed the chapters where he went back to explain his different lives and what he and Lucy/Sophia had been through. I liked the idea that he picked up something (be a language or a skill) with every life and carried them through to the next one. I loved the idea that he kept associating with the same souls time and time again (not just Lucy).
I must admit that I saw the twist coming but it didn't make it any less thrilling to read. There was no way anyone was prising the book out of my hands at this point as I was desperate to know what happened.
The only thing I didn't like is the way the book ended as it seemed to cut short. I am hoping that this means there will be an equally superb sequel as I really want to sees what happens next (in his life or beyond) with Daniel and Lucy.
To sum up a fantastic book, beautifully written, totally engaging with an intellident and gorgeous storyline.
The main driving force of this story and the thing I loved the most about it is Daniel's ongoing love for Lucy a soul he keeps finding time and time again in the many different lives he has lived. The love he had for came across throughout the book beautifully. It really made you think about the whole concept of soul mates as they seemed destined for each despite the various circumstances they were in, in the different lives they were born into.
I really enjoyed the idea reincarnation used as the book's premise. I loved the idea that Daniel could remember all of his lives and enjoyed the chapters where he went back to explain his different lives and what he and Lucy/Sophia had been through. I liked the idea that he picked up something (be a language or a skill) with every life and carried them through to the next one. I loved the idea that he kept associating with the same souls time and time again (not just Lucy).
I must admit that I saw the twist coming but it didn't make it any less thrilling to read. There was no way anyone was prising the book out of my hands at this point as I was desperate to know what happened.
The only thing I didn't like is the way the book ended as it seemed to cut short. I am hoping that this means there will be an equally superb sequel as I really want to sees what happens next (in his life or beyond) with Daniel and Lucy.
To sum up a fantastic book, beautifully written, totally engaging with an intellident and gorgeous storyline.

Amazon Customer
5.0 out of 5 stars
Thought provoking
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 July 2012Verified Purchase
I rarely write a review on good books but this one is an exception I feel must be said.
This book really does make you wonder whether the whole theory of regression and reincarnations is possible. The author is very articulate in describing human feelings and emotions, it's almost a pity that the book is titled the way it is.
The book takes us on a journey which mostly told by the perception of Daniel and most of the times felt like it is the diary of Daniel or as if he wrote his life(s) history for the world to discover. It switch back and forth to Lucy's thoughts too but somehow it always manage to stay a step away from being intimate. Lucy's voice in the book is more about her confusion and journey to explore her thoughts about Daniel, however nearing to the end they meet and the book present one cohesive voice.
By the way, this story better have a follow up as it would be too cruel for the fans of the book, ie; my self, to be left hanging like that!
Read it with an open mind and you will be taken in to a journey of incredible human spirits evolution that not too many people dare to venture in to. Throughly amazing!!!
I wonder who my name was on my recent past life?!
This book really does make you wonder whether the whole theory of regression and reincarnations is possible. The author is very articulate in describing human feelings and emotions, it's almost a pity that the book is titled the way it is.
The book takes us on a journey which mostly told by the perception of Daniel and most of the times felt like it is the diary of Daniel or as if he wrote his life(s) history for the world to discover. It switch back and forth to Lucy's thoughts too but somehow it always manage to stay a step away from being intimate. Lucy's voice in the book is more about her confusion and journey to explore her thoughts about Daniel, however nearing to the end they meet and the book present one cohesive voice.
By the way, this story better have a follow up as it would be too cruel for the fans of the book, ie; my self, to be left hanging like that!
Read it with an open mind and you will be taken in to a journey of incredible human spirits evolution that not too many people dare to venture in to. Throughly amazing!!!
I wonder who my name was on my recent past life?!
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