The Memory Box by Eva Lesko Natiello
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The Memory Box
| Author(s) | Eva Lesko Natiello |
|---|---|
| Published | June 24, 2014 |
| Publisher | Fine Line Publishing |
| Genre(s) | Psychological Thriller |
| Age group | Adult |
The Memory Box by Eva Lesko Natiello revolves around the story of Caroline Thompson, who discovers the obituary of her sister when Googling her maiden name — a sister she does not remember dying. It was originally published June 24, 2014.
Trigger Warnings
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- Ableism During Caroline's spiral, ableist language is used towards her by herself and by others.
- Abortion Caroline, in her younger years, gets an abortion. The abortion is never spoken about in detail, though it is referenced several times.
- Blood There are several accidents in the book, and blood is heavily mentioned in all of these scenes. Many of these accidents involve child characters. In addition, there is a scene in which ketchup is spilled on a while shirt, and it is referenced as resembling blood.
- Car accident A child is involved in a car accident, though it happens before the events of the book and is not spoken about in detail, though it is referenced several times.
- Death Early in the book, Caroline finds out her sister, JD, is dead. The death is the central conflict in the book and referenced repeatedly. Other deaths are mentioned, but sparingly.
- Fatphobia During a tape recording played during therapy, Caroline's mother makes several fatphobic remarks towards her.
- Hallucinations During Caroline's spiral, she experiences auditory hallucinations of her family calling for her. This only occurs in a few scenes.
- Hospitalisation There is a single scene set in a hospital, and many others that reference different hospitalizations and ambulance rides.
- Infertility After her abortion, Caroline was no longer able to conceive. This is referenced heavily in the beginning of the novel and again towards the end.
- Murder Towards the end of the book, a murder is described in detail, though it happened in the past and thus is told in past tense.
- Poison There is a graphic description of a character killed by poisoning.
- Rape There is a description of a rape scene told from the perspective of the rapist to another character at the very end of the novel.
- Self-harm During a therapy session, a tape is played that describes Caroline, as a child, knocking her own teeth out with a hammer. The description is graphic.
- Slut shaming Caroline makes several derogatory remarks towards other female character's sexual histories during the novel.
- Suicide There are several references to suicide in regards to Caroline's dead sister. There is no explicit description of it.
- Violence There are several accidents over the course of the book, described in great detail over several chapters. It includes facial wounds and broken bones, in addition to a very graphically described paper cut.
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