Peng Shepherd's The Book of M
Well, here is a great concept AND gripping writing all in one. In this post-apocalyptic story, some sort of phenomenon is spreading across the world where people first lose their shadows, then their memories--and their confusion warps the world around them. The story focuses on a few characters--a man and his wife, holed up in a resort outside DC--and her shadow has just vanished. There's also a young Iranian woman in Boston, an Olympic-hopeful archer; and a man whose amnesia, caused by a car accident, pre-dates the current crisis. Parts of this are very tense and parts are very sad, but I was totally engrossed the entire time. A/A-.
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