Now, she's got to reconstruct who she is.Ī quick and satisfying read, well written. That is, until she hits her head and forgets the last two years of high school. Like Derrick’s home town, the fictitious town of Wyatt is a judgmental, racist and homophobic place where the highlight for teens is watching boys compare dick sizes by racing their trucks sporting Confederate flags. Alyson Derrick does a terrific job of creating a tender love story between Nora and Stevie, and making both characters feel authentic in their actions and feelings. The author, Alyson Derrick, knows of what she writes she grew up in the small town of Greenville, Pennsylvania, a bastion of white conservatism. FORGET ME NOT is about two young women, one of whom wakes from a coma not remembering the past two years and, consequently, her secret love for her girlfriend. You know, where the hardened professional woman gets pulled back to her home town for one pretextual reason or another (a wedding, a death, a business matter), falls for a small-town gal (often someone she knew before she moved away), and comes to realize that the small town she left behind is a cozy haven of bliss where folks are more kind and welcoming. If you’ve been reading Sapphic romance, you’re familiar with the small-town trope. A standard amnesia tale but with a young lesbian twist and a very sweet love story.
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