The Fifth Memory

By Sarah Hardy-Sellers

What if the only way to find happiness... was to forget everything?

At fifty-two, Becca Simmonds feels invisible. Divorced, her son grown and gone, she's left with a soul-crushing job and evenings in her silent, beige flat. Life feels over - until Elio appears.

He offers her everything she's ever dreamed of: a new career, true love, passion, purpose. A second chance at life. The price? She must forget her past completely.

But memories don't stay buried. One by one, they resurface; her son, her best friend, the grief she thought she could escape. And as her perfect new reality begins to fracture, and Becca discovers Elio's story is far darker than she imagined. When the final memory breaks through, she must make an impossible choice: lose her dream life altogether, or embrace the pain that makes her whole.

The Fifth Memory is a moving, atmospheric novel that blends women's fiction with a touch of the supernatural. Exploring themes of midlife reinvention, grief, and second chances, it will resonate with fans of Matt Haig's The Midnight Library, and readers of emotional, thought-provoking fiction.

If you've ever wondered what it might cost to rewrite your past, this book will stay with you long after the final page.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FTZT487C
• ISBN13: 9798268404708
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"