"In this thrilling work of speculative fiction, a quantum physicist is invited by a billionaire to participate in a secret project at a laboratory in Marfa, Texas. At first, the physicist's wife, an artist, is excited to go along-her day job has lost its lustre. But, once in Marfa, the couple finds themselves drawn to former lovers. The physicist also learns that one reason he has been invited is because he suffered the loss of a child."
"Before I Forget, by Tory Henwood Hoen (St Martin's). Cricket Campbell, the protagonist of this novel, endured an unspeakable tragedy at her family's summer house when she was sixteen-one that changed the trajectory of her life and fractured her relationship with her father, Arthur. Ten years later, Cricket returns to the house for the first time to become a full-time caregiver for Arthur, who has Alzheimer's."
Lightbreakers centers on a quantum physicist invited by a billionaire to a secret project in Marfa, Texas. His artist wife initially welcomes the change after losing enthusiasm for her day job, but both are drawn to former lovers while at the lab. The physicist discovers he was recruited partly because he lost a child, and the experiment aims to transport him into his memories, a risky prospect he judges possibly worthwhile. The story meditates on time and grief and suggests loss never fully ends but can yield moments when something new is born. Before I Forget follows Cricket Campbell, who returns home a decade after a teenage tragedy to care for her father, Arthur, who has Alzheimer's. As Arthur's dementia progresses, he develops a startling empathic ability to sense others' emotions, prompting questions about who is caring for whom and the enduring reach of human connection.
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