The Museum of Forgotten Memories

(Paperback, ANZ Only)

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From the bestselling author of The Truths and Triumphs of Grace Atherton

Hatters Museum of the Wide Wide World, a dilapidated, once-whimsical museum, offers unexpected solace to a grieving widow, and exposes secrets that will alter the course of her life.

When Cate and Richard met at university they felt an immediate spark, but as the couple matured Richards inner demons threatened their happiness. With time, he receded further and further into darkness until he disappeared altogether.

Now, four years after Richards passing, Cate is let go from her teaching job and cant pay the rent on the London flat she shares with her and Richards son, Leo. She packs the two of them up and ventures to Richards grandfathers old Victorian museum in the small town of Crouch-on-Sea, where the dusty staff quarters await her. Despite growing pains and a grouchy caretaker, Cate falls in love with the quirky taxidermy exhibits and sprawling grounds and makes it her mission to revive them. But as Cate becomes more invested in Hatters, she must finally confront the reality of Richards death and the role she played in it in order to reimagine her future.

The Museum of Forgotten Memories masterfully weaves life with death, past with present, and grief with hope.

An incredibly moving and atmospheric novel, as beautiful and complex and curious as the museum in which it is set
Beth OLeary, author of The Flatshare

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Anstey Harris teaches creative writing for Canterbury Christ Church University and in the community with her own company, Writing Matters. She has been featured in various literary magazines and anthologies, been shortlisted for many prizes, and won the H G Wells Short Story Award. Anstey lives in Kent, UK and is the mother of the singer-songwriter Lucy Spraggan.