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  • Published: 30 January 2017
  • ISBN: 9780143574071
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $22.99

Before You Forget




At times funny, at times heartbreaking, this is an ultimately uplifting story about the delicate fabric of family and friendship, and the painful realisation that not everything can remain the same forever.

Year Twelve is not off to a good start for Amelia. Art is her world, but her art teacher hates everything she does; her best friend has stopped talking to her; her mother and father may as well be living in separate houses; and her father is slowly forgetting everything. Even Amelia.

  • Published: 30 January 2017
  • ISBN: 9780143574071
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $22.99

About the author

Julia Lawrinson

Julia Lawrinson hails from the outer suburbs of Perth, and writes for children and young adults. Her first novel, Obsession, won the 2001 WA Premier's Prize for Young Adult Writing. Since then she has published more than ten novels, including Bye, Beautiful, which was shortlisted for both the QLD and WA Premier's Awards and was a 2007 CBC Notable Book, the popular Chess Nuts, which was 2010 CBC Notable Book, and The Flyaway Girls. Her day jobs have included weighbridge attendant, whopper maker, English lecturer, Sergeant-at-Arms and Usher of the Black Rod. She loves dog beaches, Jack Russells and New York, and has just completed a Bachelor of Laws with distinction.

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Praise for Before You Forget

…unfalteringly comical, witty and emotionally charged…

Joanne Morrell, Westerly Magazine https://westerlymag.com.au/review-before-you-forget-julia-lawrinson/

Before You Forget is an absorbing novel with memorable characters many readers will relate to and accurate, sensitive inclusion of mental health issues and their consequences for family and friends as well as the individuals concerned.

Rebecca Kemble, Magpies

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