In Memory Of Us

In Memory Of Us

By Jacqueline Roy

Genre:-Literary Fiction

Pages:-384

Publisher:-Simon & Schuster

Blurb:-What does it mean to remember?

 Joined at birth, the pulled apart, Selina and Zora's relationship is marked by a pattern of closeness and separation. Growing up in 50s' and 60s' London under the shadow of Enoch Powell, they are instinctively dependent on each other, and yet Zora yearns for her own identity. But in the eyes of the people around them, the twins are interchangeable. They come as a pair. Thy are Selzora.

 Now in her seventies and living with the early stages of dementia, Selina is tracing shards of memory. She is intent on untangling the traumatic events of the past that changed the twins' lives. Perhaps Lydi, who has reintroduced herself to Selina with sharp, cool charisma, will help her find answers. But even as Selina struggles to make sense of her memories, it's all top clear that Lydia is hiding something.

 In Memory of Us is a profound evocation of memory, and the strategies employed for illusion and survival in the wake of racism. It offers an often-overlooked insight into life as a Black Briton after  the Windrush generation.

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My Review:-Zora and Selina are identical twins. They are so alike in many ways that people have given them a nickname 'Selzora'. Growing up in the 50s and 60s wasn't an easy time, especially with being identical, racism, having a white mother and a black father. W.hen the twins made friends with nine-year-old Lydia, it wasn't long before Lydia started playing Selina and Zora off against each other. But she didn't stop there, but I don't do spoilers, so you need to read the book to find out. As Selina's dementia progresses she gets in touch with Lydia to see if she could help with things that she's not clear about, but Selina decides not to tell Lydia about her dementia. Is Lydia going to tell Selina the whole truth about what happened. I loved everything about this book, the writing style made the book easy to read but also you don't want to put it down until you are finished