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Forget Yourself

(Lethe Press, January 2016)

“It is important that you know: I love you.
Of course I have no idea who you are.
But I have no real idea who I am either, so it seems fair to me.”

Blondee lives in a world without memories: just four walls, fifty huts and a hundred forgotten people. She came in with the food rations. Mind and body naked, like everyone. Now she lives in a triangular hut at the edge of everything. They say she was a thief — she has long fingers — and she certainly has a reputation for taking multiple lovers. But haunted by the ghost of a fat man and dreaming of a stone woman, Blondee knows she can reshape the world — she just needs to get the world to listen…

Praise for Forget Yourself:

‘It’s speculative science-fiction unlike any I’ve read before … it also left me thinking in a way that very few dystopian novels ever have.’
– The Lesbrary

‘I was immediately drawn in to the story… It unwrote bits of my brain, letting me put myself into the gaps it left… In summary: read it.’
– Poly in Pictures

‘One of those books whose concepts stood out head and shoulders above the crowd.’
– Sweat, Tears, and Digital Ink

‘Barrett’s writing is descriptive and often poetic, rendering characters and setting so vividly that I become immersed in Blondee’s world.’ – Ancient Children

‘Barrett beautifully describes society … a turn at every corner.’
– Amy Shiner, writer

‘… a fascinating look into a dystopian future … greatly recommend it.’
– Rebekka Steg, writer

‘Barrett does an amazing job in transporting the reader directly to this wasteland and engages all senses.’
– The Eclectic Bookworm

‘… exciting, fascinating, extremely chilling and startling…’
– GA Bixler Reviews

‘It’s a fascinating, touching, heart-breaking and thought-provoking story…’
– Rising Shadow