Lauren is Reading: The Memory Book by Lara Avery 
I’m currently reading The Memory Book by Lara Avery (releases from Poppy/Little, Brown 7/5/16). This book tells the story of Sammie, a highly-motivated high school senior set to start at NYU in the fall who has just been diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder that will take away her memory and then her health. She’s recording her life so that when her memory begins to fail, she’ll know who she is and what her life has been like. Sammie is absolutely determined not to let this disease get the best of her and her determination is both inspiring and heartbreaking. So far, it’s been an emotional and touching read.
Stories based around health issues can have the tendency to skip over the hard parts or have some kind of magically happy ending that wouldn’t happen in real life so I’m nervous to see how this ends. That being said, so far I’m cautiously optimistic with where Sammie’s story is going. I’m looking forward to reading the rest of the novel, and I have my fingers-crossed that the ending is both truthful and gratifying.
(On Goodreads)
What have you been reading?
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