Wendy Walker Books In Order
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Four Wives | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Social Lives | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
All Is Not Forgotten | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Emma in the Night | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Night Before | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Don't Look for Me | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
American Girl | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
What Remains | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Stories Out of Omarie | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Chicken Soup Books
Chicken Soup for the Soul | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
A 2nd Helping of Chicken Soup for the Soul | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Couple's Soul | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
A Cup of Chicken Soup for the Soul | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Condensed Chicken Soup for the Soul | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
A 3rd Serving of Chicken Soup for the Soul | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Cancer Survivor's Soul | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Surviving Soul | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Mother's Soul | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Christian Soul: Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul: The Real Deal Challenges: Stories about Disses, Losses, Messes, Stresses & More | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Christian Woman's Soul: Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
A 4th Course of Chicken Soup for the Soul | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
A 5th Portion of Chicken Soup for the Soul: 101 More Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Soul at Work | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Kid's Soul | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Country Soul | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Unsinkable Soul | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the College Soul | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
A 6th Bowl of Chicken Soup for the Soul | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Golfer's Soul: Stories of Insight, Inspiration and Laughter on the Links | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Single's Soul | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
A Chicken Soup for the Soul Christmas | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Cat & Dog Lover's Soul | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul Letters - Letters of Life, Love and Learning | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Prisoner's Soul | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Golden Soul | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Christian Family Soul: Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul III: More Stories of Life, Love and Learning | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Mother's Soul 2: More Stories to Open the Hearts and Rekindle the Spirits of Mothers | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Sports Fan's Soul: Stories of Insight, Inspiration and Laughter in the World of Sport | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Expectant Mother's Soul: 101 Stories to Inspire and Warm the Hearts of Soon-To-Be Mothers | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Volunteer's Soul: Stories to Celebrate the Spirit of Courage, Caring and Community | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Tough Stuff: Stories of Tough Times and Lessons Learned | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Gardener's Soul: 101 Stories to Sow Seeds of Love, Hope and Laughter | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Soul: From Lemons to Lemonade: 101 Positive, Practical, and Powerful Stories about Making the Best of a Bad Situation | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Father's Soul: 101 Stories to Open the Hearts and Rekindle the Spirit of Fathers | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Veteran's Soul: Stories to Stir the Pride and Honor the Courage of Our Veterans | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Jewish Soul: 101 Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Grieving Soul: Stories About Life, Death and Overcoming the Loss of a Loved One | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Baseball Fan's Soul: Inspirational Stories of Baseball, Big-League Dreams and the Game of Life | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Soul Christmas Treasury: Holiday Stories to Warm the Heart | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Romantic Soul: Inspirational Stories about Love and Romance | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Soul of America: Stories to Heal the Heart of Our Nation | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Teacher's Soul: Stories to Open the Hearts and Rekindle the Spirits of Educators | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Traveler's Soul: Stories of Adventure, Inspiration and Insight to Celebrate the Spirit of Travel | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Love and Friendship | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Sister's Soul: 101 Inspirational Stories about Sisters and Their Changing Relationships | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Christian Teenage Soul: Stories to Open the Hearts of Christian Teens | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup For The Horse Lover's Soul: Inspirational Stories About Horses and the People Who Love Them | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul: Stories of Courage, Speed and Overcoming Adversity | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Mother and Daughter Soul: Stories to Warm the Heart and Honor the Relationship | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Living Your Dreams | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Working Woman's Soul: Humorous and Inspirational Stories to Celebrate the Many Roles of Working Women | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Ocean Lover's Soul: Amazing Sea Stories and Wyland Artwork to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Bride's Soul: Stories of Love, Laughter and Commitment to Last a Lifetime | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Nature Lover's Soul: Inspiring Stories of Joy, Insight and Adventure in the Great Outdoors | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup to Inspire a Woman's Soul: Stories Celebrating the Wisdom, Fun and Freedom of Midlife | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the African American Soul: Celebrating and Sharing Our Culture, One Story at a Time | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Girlfriend's Soul: Celebrating the Friends Who Cheer Us Up, Cheer Us On and Make Our Lives Complete | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul IV: Stories of Life, Love and Learning | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover's Soul: Stories of Canine Companionship, Comedy and Courage | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul: The Real Deal Friends: Best, Worst, Old, New, Lost, False, True and More | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul: The Real Deal School | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Entrepreneur's Soul | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Military Wife's Soul: Stories to Touch the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for Every Mom's Soul: 101 New Stories of Love and Inspiration for Moms of All Ages | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Father and Daughter Soul: Stories to Celebrate the Love Between Dads and Daughters Throughout the Years ) | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Grandma's Soul: Stories to Honor and Celebrate the Ageless Love of Grandmothers | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Soul The Book of Christmas Virtues: Inspirational Stories to Warm the Heart | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Girl's Soul: Real Stories by Real Girls About Real Stuff | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Cat Lover's Soul: Stories of Feline Affection, Mystery and Charm | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Horse Lover's Soul II: Inspirational Tales of Passion, Achievement and Devotion | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Kid's Soul 2: Read Aloud or Read Alone Character-Building Stories for Kids Ages 6-10 | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Scrapbooker's Soul | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Dieter's Soul: Inspiration and Humor to Help You Over the Hump | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Breast Cancer Survivor\'s Soul | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Mothers of Preschooler's Soul | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Mother and Son Soul: Stories to Celebrate the Lifelong Bond | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Soul Love Stories: Stories of First Dates, Soul Mates, and Everlasting Love | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Coffee Lover's Soul: Celebrating the Perfect Blend | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Tea Lover's Soul: Stories Steeped in Comfort | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the American Idol Soul | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Soul Celebrating Mothers and Daughters | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the New Mom's Soul: Touching Stories about Miracles of Motherhood | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Children with Special Needs: Stories of Love and Understanding for Those Who Care for Children with Disabilities | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Teen Soul: Real Stories by Real Teens | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Working Mom's Soul: Inspiring Stories from the Playroom to the Boardroom | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Nurse's Soul - Second Dose: More Stories to Honor and Inspire Nurses ) | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Chocolate Lover's Soul: Indulging Our Sweetest Moments | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Loving Our Cats: Heartwarming and Humorous Stories about our Feline Family Members | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Loving Our Dogs: Heartwarming and Humorous Stories about our Companions and Best Friends | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Like Mother, Like Daughter: Stories about the Special Bond between Mothers and Daughters | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Christmas Cheer: Stories about the Love, Inspiration, and Joy of Christmas | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Stories of Faith: Inspirational Stories of Hope, Devotion, Faith and Miracles | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk Middle School: 101 Stories of Life, Love, and Learning for Younger Teens | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk High School: 101 Stories of Life, Love, and Learning for Older Teens | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Living Catholic Faith: 101 Stories to Offer Hope, Deepen Faith, and Spread Love | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tough Times, Tough People: 101 Stories about Overcoming the Economic Crisis and Other Challenges | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Cancer Book: 101 Stories of Courage, SupportLove | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Cat: 101 Stories about Life, Love, and Lessons | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Dog: 101 Stories about Life, Love, and Lessons | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Indian Teenage Soul | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Count Your Blessings: 101 Stories of Gratitude, Fortitude, and Silver Linings | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Story Behind the Song: The Exclusive Personal Stories Behind Your Favorite Songs | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Soul: True Love: 101 Heartwarming and Humorous Stories about Dating, Romance, Love, and Marriage | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive: 101 Inspirational Stories about Counting Your Blessings and Having a Positive Attitude | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Mom: | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teacher Tales: 101 Inspirational Stories from Great Teachers and Appreciative Students | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Runners: 101 Inspirational Stories of Energy, Endurance, and Endorphins | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Soul: A Book of Miracles: 101 True Stories of Healing, Faith, Divine Intervention, and Answered Prayers | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Christmas Magic: 101 Holiday Tales of Inspiration, Love, and Wonder | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Cat's Life: 101 Stories about All the Ages and Stages of Our Feline Family Members | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Soul: New Moms: 101 Inspirational Stories of Joy, Love, and Wonder | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Just for Teenagers: 101 Stories of Inspiration and Support for Teens | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Answered Prayers: 101 Stories of Hope, Miracles, Faith, Divine Intervention, and the Power of Prayer | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Find Your Happiness: 101 Inspirational Stories about Finding Your Purpose, Passion, and Joy | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Indian Soul | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Tough Times for Teens | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Married Life!: 101 Inspirational Stories about Fun, Family, and Wedded Bliss | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Soul: I Can't Believe My Cat Did That!: 101 Stories about the Crazy Antics of Our Feline Friends | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Soul: I Can't Believe My Dog Did That!: 101 Stories about the Crazy Antics of Our Canine Companions | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Power of Positive: 101 Inspirational Stories about Changing Your Life through Positive Thinking | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels Among Us: 101 Inspirational Stories of Miracles, Faith, and Answered Prayers | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Soul: It's Christmas!: 101 Joyful Stories about the Love, Fun, and Wonder of the Holidays | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Miraculous Messages from Heaven: 101 Stories of Eternal Love, Powerful Connections, and Divine Signs from Beyond | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Inspiration for Writers: 101 Motivational Stories for Writers – Budding or Bestselling – from Books to Blogs | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Conversation Pieces Books
Alien Bootlegger | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Counting on Wildflowers | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Ordinary People | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Candle in a Bottle | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Absolute Uncertainty | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Knots | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Aliens of the Heart | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Voices from Fairyland | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Three Observations and a Dialogue | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Through the Drowsy Dark | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Slightly Behind and to the Left | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
With Her Body | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Red Rose Rages | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Grand Conversation | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Distances | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Shotgun Lullabies | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Of Love and Other Monsters | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
De Secretis Mulierum | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
A Brood of Foxes | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Adventures of the Faithful Counselor | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Writing the Other | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Bone Spindle | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Talking Back | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Last Letter | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Making Love in Madrid | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
We Wuz Pushed | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Traveling Tide | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Receptionist | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Birds and Birthdays | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Naomi Mitchison | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Queen, the Cambion, and Seven Others | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Spring in Geneva | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The XY Conspiracy | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Myths, Metaphors, and Science Fiction | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Numa: An Epic Poem with Photo Collages | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
NoFood | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Haunted Girl | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Three Songs for Roxy | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Ghost Signs | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Prince of the Aquamarines | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Back, Belly, and Side: True Lies and False Tales | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
A Day in Deep Freeze | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Marginalia to Stone Bird | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Unpronounceable | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Sleeping Under the Tree of Life | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Other Places | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Monteverde | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Adventure of the Incognita Countess | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Boundaries, Border Crossings, and Reinventing the Future | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
A Field Guide to the Spirits | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Liberating the Astronauts | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
In Search of Lost Time | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
We, Robots | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Cosmovore | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Helen's Story | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Liminal Spaces | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Feed Me the Bones of Our Saints | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
If Not Skin | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Changeling | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Adventure of the Dux Bellorum | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
People Change | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Invocabulary | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Green and Growing | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Everything is Made of Letters | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Midnight at the Organporium | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Algorithmic Shapeshifting | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Rampant | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Mary Shelley Makes a Monster | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Articulation | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
City of a Thousand Feelings | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Adventure of the Naked Guide | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Ancient Songs of Us | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Sacred Summer | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Disease | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Goddess Bandit of the Thousand Arms | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Resistance and Transformation | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Silences of Ararat | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Cabinet of Wrath | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Adventure of the Golden Woman | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Fricatives | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
We’ve Been Here Before | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Bilabials | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
When Home, No Need to Cry | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Apollo Weeps | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
To the Woman in the Pink Hat | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
From Voyages Unreturning | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Anthologies
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Mom: | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Re:Telling | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Moms Don't Have Time To | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Wendy Walker is best-selling American author of Fiction, Thriller and Suspense novels. She is a former investment banker and attorney in Fairfield Count, Connecticut who began writing novels while at home raising her three children. Walker became a published author in 2016 when her first novel All Is Not Forgotten was published which became an international bestseller and also optioned for adaptation for film by Warner Brothers.
All Is Not Forgotten
All Is Not Forgotten is Wendy Walker debut novel published in 2016. It is a brilliant and a dark psychological thriller that is intricately plotted and maintains the highest level of tension and suspense. It introduces the readers to a 15-year old girl named Jenny Kramer who is violently raped while at a party. While in the hospital her parents agree that she be given a drug that would erase all her memories of her traumatic attack. Everyone else in the society knows that Jane was sexually assaulted, and she knows it but cannot the details of the trauma. Furthermore, she is experiencing some nightmare feelings, and she is in an emotional mess. What happened to Jenny has some devastating consequences to her family as well.
The story is narrated from Alan’s point of view which works perfectly as he has access to a whole picture of the situation than anyone else. Dr. Alan Forrester is the man in charge of Jenny and her family therapies. The doctor makes use of a wide variety of techniques to get Jenny have a complete recall of what happened to her and the details of her assaults. There is detailed information about neuroscience in this book; we also learn more about the therapist and his motivations as well. Jenny’s parents Charlotte and Tom have their dark secrets that are eventually revealed over the course of the book.
In a few hours after she is raped, Jenny’s parents are forced to make one tough decision. The doctors give them an option of “treating” their daughter with an experimental drug designed to her memories of her rape. The drug is intended to counter the effects of PTSD in soldiers and creates some amnesia, and the theory is that if the patient cannot remember anything about their traumatic experiences, they won’t suffer any severe psychological effects associated with the trauma.
Jenny’s father Tom at first opposes this unapproved treatment, and all that he wants is to have the person responsible to be brought to justice, and he is worried that his daughter won’t be able to remember anything about the attack. However, on the other hand, Jenny mother approves the experimental drug to be administered to her daughter and pretend as if nothing ever happened. She sees that the treatment is the easiest way out for her daughter.
In the end, Charlotte wins out, and administration of this drug brings out consequences that no one anticipated some of which are too horrific to be erased and leave a permanent mark even if the person living with it does not even know it. Jenny’s story is far much more than just rape story, even if the aspect of crime plays a vital role in the story. It is a story about the connections made by people over the course of their lives, some of which are healthy whereas others are not. The story also touches on the lengths that people would go to maintain these connections. It is also a story of parents love and how real people can be willing to do terrible things for the sake of their offspring’s.
Each character in this novel becomes a suspect, but the truth and the persons responsible are not revealed until the very end. The story is multifaceted and quite riveting from the first page to the last. The plot is quite intriguing, and there some few surprises kept at bay which you will not see coming.
Emma in the Night
Emma in the Night published in 2017 introduces the readers to two sisters two years apart; Emma is the older sister at Seventeen and Cass who is fifteen. The two sisters disappear, and Emma’s car is found on a beach with no signs of the two girls. An FBI forensic psychologist Abby Winter suspects that there more to the girl’s disappearance than meets the eye but she cannot convince her supervisors and this case almost destroys her. However, after three years Cass returns home without her elder sister Emma but pleads with everyone that they rescue her sister.
Cass story is a disturbing one, of being held a slave on a remote island with her sister Emma. She had to sacrifice a lot to get back home, and she is afraid that their sister might not be alive or even on the island once the FBI identifies the area they were held captive. Her return home has also tossed her divorced parents into turmoil as they are happy about her return and also fear for their other daughter safety and also want to know what happened to their daughter 36 months ago.
However the more Cass narrates, the more Abby wonders where the pure truth lies. Her original suspicions about everything not being okay in the household they were raised returns with a vengeance and Abby wonders whether Cass is leading them to someone, to somewhere but afraid to say anything directly. These issues of self-absorbed personality disorder are the ones that Abby understands too well, and she begins to wonder whether her suspicions are right or if her own experiences are taking control over her mind.
Not seeing, not knowing and always being deceived makes you question everything that you’ve come to trust. This can even make a person doubt their judgment and what they’ve always believed in. What could have happened the night when the two sisters went missing? Where is the whereabouts of Emma? Was their disappearance random or intentional? With time running out, the FBI operative must figure out the truth and bring Emma home before it is too late.
Walker does an excellent job of revealing the plot bit by bit to ensure that the readers are engaged to the very page where the truth is finally revealed. It is astonishing how the author has created suspense in this novel, how the characters are well woven to create one unique and one of the best thrillers you will ever read.