The Woman Who Can't Forget: The Extraordinary Story of Living with the Most Remarkable Memory Known to Science--A Memoir
Written by Jill Price and Bart Davis
Narrated by Celeste Ciulla
2.5/5
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Jill Price
Jill Price is the subject of the most exhaustive scientific inquiry into superior memory in history. She has kept her identity anonymous until now, known by the scientific community as patient "AJ," the first patient to ever be diagnosed with what the scientists who have studied her have called hyperthymestic syndrome. She lives in Los Angeles and is currently working as an administrator at an elementary school.
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5It was shocking to me that a memoir about having a singularly unique neurological condition could be so horrifically boring. If you are interested in the boring life story of a privileged but vapid girl, go ahead, but if you want to hear about the science of memory, avoid this book.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Interesting in some areas, but at times the book was hard to follow. Given the facts that the author disclosed made it confusing overall. The thought of never forgetting things that have happened in your lifetime is intriguing. But the fact is that we all remember what we want to remember and forget what we want to forget.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Surprisingly dull, given the topic.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Most of us practice some kind of selective forgetting, meaning we can't call up every single day or event of our lives even if we try. But Jill Price remembers nearly every day from the time she was about eleven years old. Her memories come to her constantly at random. Read her story of how that highly autobiographical memory has affected her life.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Biography of Jill Price and the perks and downfalls of having an autobiographical superior memory. She remembers everything that happened, including all the good, mundane or bad. Each time she remembers it - it is like it happens again. Very interesting at the beginning, but began to grow dull as the story wore on. Other titles are out there with people with this condition including Marilu Henner (Elaine Nardo from the TV series Taxi.) Her book is titled: Total Memory Makeover: Uncover Your Past, Take Charge of Your Future.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5I heard about this woman on the radio and was very curious to read the book, but it was a big disappointment. She is essentially a very dull person who has a need to believe she is extraordinary. Luckily for her some scientists were interested in studying her memory, which is unusual, even for an autistic savant/OCD personality. I don't recommend this book.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5What seemed to be an interesting topic, that of a person with a superior memory, turned into one boring book. Jill Price has a superior autobiographical memory which allows her to remember with astonishing accuracy days of the week, dates, and years and those associated events of her life and around her. Unfortunately, this book became almost a recitation of those dates; then later turned into a memoir of sorts. Neither of those were particularly interesting to me. What I would have liked, in lieu of how this book had been written, would have been more information about this condition in a more coherently written story or one which put forth the medical details as the life of the author was being revealed.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jill Price can remember everything she did and any major or minor events that took place on any date from the time she was about 11 years old. Before that, she remembers some, starting from when she was 2- or 3-years old. Problem is, the memories bombard her all the time; it just doesn’t turn off. When she was younger, she didn’t know this wasn’t the case for everyone. But, as she got older and tried to explain, people didn’t understand. Her memories include both the good and the bad, everything. This book explains what’s going on in her head, then goes back to explain how it has affected her at various points throughout her life. I found this really interesting. I don’t understand the low ratings, though from reading reviews, it seems like some didn’t like the biography/memoir part of the book, but I thought that really illustrated things. Apparently, she was the first person (in the early 2000s?) diagnosed with this: what they called “hyperthymestic syndrome”, but there are others now, as well. Scientists have been studying her (and she seems happy to have them do so to figure out how her brain works), and papers have been written about her, using a pseudonym.