Thanks For The Memories by Cecelia Ahern

This is the first time I've ever read this author and she's got a ton of stuff out there.  (She wrote P.S. I Love You which was a movie with Hilary Swank).  I'll be picking her up again (in fact I'm listening to one of her other books right now in my car).

Thanks for the Memories focuses around two characters.  First is Joyce Conway - an Irishwoman who has just survived the tragic loss of her baby (in utero) and the end of her marriage.  While in the hospital (she fell down the stairs and which caused her miscarriage) she receives a blood transfusion.  Afterwards, she starts experiencing memories for a life that she's never lived.  In addition she suddenly has an incredible knowledge base about architecture and art - two subjects which, in the past, were never things she cared about.

The other character that the book follows is Justin Hitchcock - American architect, recently moved to London (but doing guest lectures in Dublin), recently divorced and recently a blood donor.  His are the memories that Joyce is experiencing. The book follows these two as they chase each other and the possibility of true love. 

I really liked this book.  The concept was quite unique and I was cheering and reading as fast as I could to see if these two would finally pull it together.  The characters were endearing (especially Joyce's elderly Irish father) and lovable.  Of course there was strife and there was a bit of a runaround in them "just missing" each other but it made the ending all the more sweet.  Get it, read it...an easy, light, "beach read".