![]() She dedicates chapters to now (in the hospital) in the present tense and then (before her accident) in the past tense, and all in the first person point of view, unfolding the plot in an intimate and teasing manner. Feeney has managed to weave in Amber’s periods of locked-in lucidity in a believable way. So, I was intrigued to read Sometimes I Lie, but, with my cynical hat on, expecting it to be poorly researched and unrealistic. Speaking from experience, I know that there are moments of awareness when in a coma. There is nothing she can do she is still in a coma. But as her memory begins to return of the days leading up to her accident, she becomes increasingly certain her husband doesn’t love her and that he played a part in her ‘accident’. A few days before, she was a sister with concerns about her sibling. ![]() A few days earlier she was a married woman with questions about her husband’s fidelity. A few days earlier, a week before Christmas, she was ‘Amber from Coffee Morning’, a radio chat show. ![]() ![]() Gradually, Amber Reynolds realises she is in a coma after a serious accident. Worse still, she is awake but unable to open her eyes, let alone speak. ![]()
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