📖 peek insideThe Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
by V.E. Schwab
In 1714 France, Addie LaRue makes a desperate bargain with a dark god to live forever, but at a terrible cost: she is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. For three centuries, she wanders the world, leaving subtle marks on history while remaining a ghost to those around her. Everything changes in a hidden New York bookstore when she meets a man who remembers her name. It is a lyrical exploration of legacy, art, and the human need to be seen.
Very popular worldwide. More than 13 million people have read it.
Notable Quotes
"Books, she has found, are a way to live a thousand lives--or to find strength in a very long one."
"What is a person, if not the marks they leave behind?"
"...it is sad, of course, to forget. But it is a lonely thing, to be forgotten. To remember when no one else does."
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