Stories in The Unforgotten, ranging from a novella to flash narratives of merely a paragraph, are populated by a variety of characters.
Among them are Luisa, a beloved childhood servant in Peru, who disappears inexplicably.
A child writes that her mom has a lover, a grownup word for boyfriend.
Gertrude's lifelong collection of sophisticated words eventually fades into dementia.
Charles, a grandfather in a white nightgown and bobbing nightcap chases a bull away from his wife's beloved rose garden.
A mother tells her child a story of a joyous snail with a will to live.
Adrianna, now a grandmother, reminiscences about a college year in Paris with her best friend who later committed suicide.
Henry, who works in a research lab, befriends a rat he names Eloise.
Gatekeeper Press The unforgotten: a novella and other stories, hardcover/julia ballerini
