Everything She Forgot

Everything She Forgot by Lisa Ballantyne

After a late meeting with the head teacher at her school, Margaret Holloway was on her way home and thinking of all the things that needed to be done that night. The first snow storm of the year had finally hit and was causing traffic delays.  Just as Margaret reached the motorway, she was struck from behind and involved in the worst pileup the motorway had seen in years. She is trapped in her car with no way of escape when a stranger is able to pull her out of the car, seconds before it goes up in flames.

Margaret escapes the incident with little physical injury but emotionally she cannot seem to recover. She goes to the hospital to find the mysterious man who had rescued her and finds out he has no family and has been put into a coma for medical reasons. She can't seem to put the mysterious stranger out of her thoughts and to top it off, she begins to have flashbacks that make her question her lapse of childhood memories.

This was an interesting read about a woman that was able to suppress a traumatic experience from her childhood and go on to live a normal life. As you read the book, it is interlaced with scenes from the current time and other character's experiences during the time of Margaret's childhood. I enjoyed reading this book.