Despite her severe memory issues, Thea is a simply wonderful character, full of life and light and laughter but trapped inside her injuries.Īnd Jim! Oh, my, what a hero he is.

The writing drew me completely into the story. This book, as is with many of Emma Scott’s books, is, well, beautiful. But before the accident, Thea was vivacious and a bright star.Īfter a bad experience in which Jim comes to Thea’s rescue and with a new doctor on her case, those treating Thea begin to listen to Jim and think he may be onto something. He’s just an orderly and what would he know? He is frustrated in particular by Thea’s older sister, who has power of attorney over Thea and just wants her to live as calm a life as possible. He watches and interacts with Thea and slowly realizes she is trying to tell him something, that while it seems she doesn’t remember anything, deep down she does and is screaming out for help.īut no one wants to hear from Jim. But, despite the horrors of his past, he has grown up to be a good and caring young man. As a result he has at times a debilitating stutter, though he works to improve it. He was small when he was younger and bullied unmercifully. He was raised in foster care where he received no love and, in fact, one particular foster mother still haunts him with the abuse she dealt him daily.

She is living at a care centre and, for the most part, they are very good and respectful to her.īut one orderly, in particular, is haunted by her tragic story. She only has five minutes’ memory at a time and then once more forgets all she knows. She has no short-term memory nor long-term memory. She was in a terrible car crash where her parents were both killed and she suffered from traumatic brain injury. She writes such rich, emotional, poignant stories and at times when I’m reading one of her books, I’m crying. I subscribed a while ago Ms Scott’s newsletter, because she’s an auto-buy author, and as soon it was announced this book was released, I picked it up. Kristie J’s review of The Five-Minute Life by Emma ScottĬontemporary Romance published by Amazon Digital Services 14 May 19

One Good Man by Emma Scott