NamedaBestScienceFictionBookof2022byTheNewYorkTimes“Sharply,beautifullywritten.“--TheNewYorkTimesBookReview“Intriguing,frightening,witty,andhumane.“--TheWallStreetJournalBlackMirrormeetsSeverenceinthisthrillingspeculativenovelaboutatechcompanythatdeletesunwantedmemories,theconsequencesforthoseforcedtodealwithwhattheytriedtoforget,andthedoctorwhoseekstoprotectherpatientsfromfurtherharm.Whatifyoudidn’thavetolivewithyourworstmemories?Acrosstheworld,thousandsofpeopleareshockedbyanotificationthattheyoncechosetohaveamemoryremoved.Nowtheyarebeinggivenanopportunitytogetthatmemoryback.Fourindividualsarefilledwithnewdoubts,grapplingwiththeunexpectedquestionofwhethertorememberunknownevents,ortoleavethemburiedforever.Finn,anIrisharchitectlivingintheArizonadesert,beginstosuspecthischarmingwifeofhavinganaffair.Mei,atroubledgradschooldropoutinKualaLumpur,wonderswhysheremembersacityshehasnevervisited.William,aformerpoliceinspectorinEngland,struggleswithPTSD,thebreakdownofhismarriage,andhisownsecretfamilyhistory.Oscar,ahandsomeyoungmanwithalmostnomemoriesatall,travelstheworldinaconstantstateoffear.Intothesecharacters’livescomesNoor,apsychologistworkingattheNepenthememoryremovalclinicinLondon.Theprocessofreinstatingpatients’memoriesbeginstoshakethemoralfoundationsofherworld.Asshedelvesdeeperintohowtheprogramworks,shewillhavetoriskeverythingtouncoverthecostofthismiraculoustechnology.Aprovocativeexplorationofsecrets,grief,andidentity--ofthestorieswetellourselves--TellMeanEndingis“anintellectuallyandemotionallysatisfyingthriller“(Booklist).
