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'Unforgettable, brilliant, moving, and hopeful – this magical novel leads you to the things that matter in life.
'Some lives are simply unforgettable…
'On an ordinary night in an ordinary year, Tommy Llewellyn's doting parents wake in a home without toys or nappies, without photos of their baby scattered about, and without any idea that the small child asleep in his cot is theirs.
'That's because Tommy is a boy destined to never be remembered.
'On the same day every year, everyone around him forgets he exists, and he grows up enduring his own universal Reset. That is until something extraordinary happens: Tommy Llewellyn falls in love.
'Determined to finally carve out a life for himself and land the girl of his dreams, Tommy sets out on a mission to trick the universe and be remembered. But legacies aren't so easily won, and Tommy must figure out what's more important - the things we leave behind or the people we bring along with us.
'How to be Remembered is a heartwarming, poignant and ultimately inspiring novel about the important things in life.' (Publication summary)
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Dedication: To Mum and Dad for encouraging me to write, and to Sian, for making it possible.
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Other Formats
- Dyslexic edition.
- Large print.
- Braille.
Works about this Work
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Fairy Tales and Fever Dreams : Three Tales of Self-discovery
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 453 2023; (p. 36)
— Review of Fed to Red Birds 2023 single work novel ; How to Be Remembered 2023 single work novel ; Compulsion 2023 single work novel 'On the surface, there is little connection between these three début novels. Rijn Collins’s Fed to Red Birds (Simon & Schuster, $32.99 pb, 247 pp) sketches an intimate portrait of migration, beautifully illustrating the migrant’s immersion within and isolation from their adopted land. Elva, a young Australian woman, hopes to remain in Iceland, her absent mother’s home country, despite the unique challenges it presents her. Michael Thompson’s How to be Remembered (Allen & Unwin, $32.99 pb, 344 pp) poses an intriguing metaphysical question: what happens if, each year on his birthday, every trace of one boy’s existence is erased? How can a person survive when nobody, not even his parents, knows who he is? Tommy Llewellyn is determined to find the answer and outfox this universal reset. Kate Scott’s Compulsion (Hamish Hamilton, $32.99 pb, 279 pp) revels in music, drugs, food, fashion, and hedonism. Lucy Lux attempts to uncomplicate her chaotic partying lifestyle by escaping to a remote seaside town she remembers from her childhood, where her passions and problems blaze anew. Despite their many differences, these are all essentially stories of self-discovery, coming of age, and obsession.'(Introduction)
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How to Be Remembered by Michael Thompson Review – a Proudly Earnest First Novel
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 24 February 2023;
— Review of How to Be Remembered 2023 single work novel'The story of Tommy, a boy who is forgotten on the same day each year by everyone who knows him' (Introduction)
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How to Be Remembered by Michael Thompson Review – a Proudly Earnest First Novel
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 24 February 2023;
— Review of How to Be Remembered 2023 single work novel'The story of Tommy, a boy who is forgotten on the same day each year by everyone who knows him' (Introduction)
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Fairy Tales and Fever Dreams : Three Tales of Self-discovery
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 453 2023; (p. 36)
— Review of Fed to Red Birds 2023 single work novel ; How to Be Remembered 2023 single work novel ; Compulsion 2023 single work novel 'On the surface, there is little connection between these three début novels. Rijn Collins’s Fed to Red Birds (Simon & Schuster, $32.99 pb, 247 pp) sketches an intimate portrait of migration, beautifully illustrating the migrant’s immersion within and isolation from their adopted land. Elva, a young Australian woman, hopes to remain in Iceland, her absent mother’s home country, despite the unique challenges it presents her. Michael Thompson’s How to be Remembered (Allen & Unwin, $32.99 pb, 344 pp) poses an intriguing metaphysical question: what happens if, each year on his birthday, every trace of one boy’s existence is erased? How can a person survive when nobody, not even his parents, knows who he is? Tommy Llewellyn is determined to find the answer and outfox this universal reset. Kate Scott’s Compulsion (Hamish Hamilton, $32.99 pb, 279 pp) revels in music, drugs, food, fashion, and hedonism. Lucy Lux attempts to uncomplicate her chaotic partying lifestyle by escaping to a remote seaside town she remembers from her childhood, where her passions and problems blaze anew. Despite their many differences, these are all essentially stories of self-discovery, coming of age, and obsession.'(Introduction)
