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Book at Beachtime: SJ Watson - Before I Go to Sleep: Episode 1

SJ Watson - Before I Go to Sleep

Episode 1

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SJ Watson's debut thriller about a woman who loses her memory every time she sleeps...

Each morning Christine relearns her personal history as she forgets it all when she sleeps. Debut thriller read by Stella Gonet.

What if you lost your memory every time you went to sleep? 

How would you cope with having to relearn your history every day only to lose it again?

In SJ Watson's desperately compelling and ambitious debut thriller, a woman has no memory of who she is. 

She lives in the suburbs cared for by her husband, she can't work, she doesn't have any friends, she's trying to live a normal life but she can't remember anything when she wakes up in the morning. Slowly she starts to try and rebuild her memory, to piece together what has happened to her, who she is.

This is Christine's story.

This Debut thriller has been attracting a lot of attention and is part of Radio 4 Extra's Book at Beachtime Special Season. 

Abridged by Alison Joseph
Read by Stella Gonet
Produced by Lucy Collingwood

Book at Beachtime: SJ Watson - Before I Go to Sleep

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SJ Watson's gripping thriller about a woman who loses her memory every time she sleeps.

Each morning Christine relearns her personal history as she forgets it all when she sleeps. SJ Watson's debut thriller read by Stella Gonet.

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