What a memorable character Emily Barr has created in Flora Banks! I thoroughly enjoyed this book, it is funny, heart warming, sad and heart breaking without drifting into sentimentality. I don't know anything about this type of memory loss but the way it is described, how Flora copes with it and how her parents, mum in particular, try to protect her is so believable. What I think this book really achieves is to remind you that people with these kinds of difficulties, whether through accident or illness, are individuals who deserve as normal a life as they can get.
I don't want to say too much as I don't want to spoil it for anyone else but Flora's personality and character shine through from every page and I would love a sequel.
A wonderful YA novel which I will be recommending to all my young adult friends.
My thanks to Netgalley for this copy in return for an honest review.

I don't know what I was expecting when I started reading this, but man, it definitely exceeded them. The writing is beautiful, Flora as a character is fantastic - her journey in the book and the people she meets, and her reaction/rereaction to them is amazing. Flora, be brave is the best tagline for this book, because at its roots, that's what this book is about.