Jo Harkin studied literature at university. She daydreamed her way through various jobs in her twenties before becoming a full-time writer. She lives in Berkshire, England, and Tell Me an Ending is her first novel.
At Lit Hub she tagged six books about the shifting unreliability of memory, including:
Meredith Westgate, The Shimmering StateRead about another entry on the list.
In Meredith Westgate’s dreamily atmospheric debut novel, a pill intended to treat Alzheimer’s sufferers makes its way onto the black market, allowing people to experience the memories of others as a
recreational trip. If the idea of this doesn’t already creep you out, Westgate shows exactly how painful and destabilizing the effects are via the stories of Lucien and Sophie, two young Los Angelenos who end up at a clinic treating Memoroxin abuse. The novel also explores the erasure of memories—a necessary part of the “erase and reformat” style treatment—and delves into the ethics and consequences of letting some things disappear forever.
--Marshal Zeringue
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