{"product_id":"the-memory-artistsbooks","title":"The Memory Artists","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Canadian Authors Association Award for Best Novel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNoel Burun has synesthesia and hypermnesia: he sees words in vibrant explosions of colors and shapes, which collide and commingle to form a memory so bitingly perfect that he can remember everything, from the 1001 stories of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Arabian Nights\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e to the color of his bib as a toddler. But for all his mnemonic abilities, he is confronted every day with a reality that is as sad as it is ironic: his beloved mother, Stella, is stricken with Alzheimer's disease, her memory slowly slipping into the quicksands of oblivion. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Memory Artists\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e follows Noel, helped by a motley cast of friends, on his quest to find a cure for his mother's affliction. The results are at the same time darkly funny, quirkily inventive, and very moving. Alternating between third-person narratives and the diaries of Noel and Stella, Jeffrey Moore weaves a story filled with fantastic characters and a touch of suspense that gets at the very heart of what it means to remember and forget, and that is a testament to the uplifting power of family and friendship.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Moore, Jeffrey","offers":[{"title":"Hardback (Adult Fiction)","offer_id":42211581984992,"sku":"","price":21.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/products\/ScreenShot2021-12-16at5.12.40PM.png?v=1639689183","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/the-memory-artistsbooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}