The Shimmering State av Meredith Westgate

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<b>Named a Book You Need to Read in 2021 by <i>Harper’s Bazaar </i></b><BR><BR><b>A “moving, astounding, and totally unsettling” (Caroline Leavitt, </b><i><b>New York Times</b></i><b> bestselling author) literary debut following two patients in recovery after an experimental memory drug warps their lives.</b><BR><BR>Lucien moves to Los Angeles to be with his grandmother as she undergoes an experimental treatment for Alzheimer’s using the new drug, Memoroxin. An emerging photographer, he’s also running from the sudden death of his mother, a well-known artist whose legacy haunts him. <BR><BR>Sophie has just landed the lead in the upcoming performance of <i>La Sylphide</i> with the Los Angeles Ballet Company. She still waitresses at the Chateau Marmont during her off hours, witnessing the recreational use of Memoroxin—or Mem—among the Hollywood elite. <BR><BR>When Lucien and Sophie meet at The Center, founded by an ambitious yet conflicted doctor