Before I Forget

A funny,heartfeltlate coming-of-age story that examines the role of memory in holding us backΓÇöand in moving us forwardΓÇöfor fans of The Collected Regrets of Clover and Maame. Call it inertia. Call it a quarter-life crisis. Whatever you call itCricket Campbell is stuck. Despite working at a zeitgeisty wellness companythe 26-year-old feels anything but well. Still adrift after a tragedy that upended her world a decade agoshe has entered early adulthood under the weight of a new burden: her fatherΓÇÖs AlzheimerΓÇÖs diagnosis. When CricketΓÇÖs older sister Nina announces it is time to move Arthur from his beloved Adirondack lake house into a memory-care facilityCricket has a better idea. In returning home to become her fatherΓÇÖs caretakershe hopes to repair their strained relationship and shake herself out of her perma-funk. But even deeply familiar places can hold surprises. As Cricket settles back into the family house at Catwood PondΓÇöa place she once lovedbut hasnΓÇÖt visited since she was a teenagerΓÇöshe discovers that her father possesses a rare gift: as he loses his grasp of the pasthe is increasingly able to predict the future. Before longArthur cements his reputation as an unlikely oraclebut for Cricketbelieving in her fatherΓÇÖs prophecies might also mean facing the most painful parts of her history. As she begins to remember who she once wasshe uncovers a vital truth: the path forward often starts by going back. With laugh-out-loud humor and profound graceBefore I Forget explores the nuances of familythe complexities of memoryand how sometimesthe people we know the best are the ones who surprise us the most.