- Mass Market Paperback: 432 pages
- Publisher: Bantam (Jun 6 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0553577506
- ISBN-13: 978-0553577501
- Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 2.1 x 17.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 204 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,456,933 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
Demented with grief and in denial over his wife's death, Jesse Waite stalks and kidnaps Nola Elidad, convinced that she is his dead wife, Stacey. "That's not my name!" becomes Nola's refrain throughout her captivity, but she has unexplained black holes in her memory and begins to believe in this imposed identity. By the time Detective Lucas Conroy tracks her down after three months, Nola's fully convinced that she's Stacey; she's forgotten her husband of three months, Alec, and is pregnant with Jesse's child. Nola's daily musings over her identity crisis take up the bulk of the book (large sections are also devoted to Nola's abusive childhood and Jesse's memories of Stacey's funeral). The plot is tied up in the last 40 pages in an unlikely revelation of past abductions and family secrets. Navarro (Red Shadows) provides romantic subplots about Alec's new love interest and Detective Conroy's budding relationship with a personal trauma cop, but she spends too many pages on Nola and Jesse's daily activities. The plot's intricacies are unsatisfactorily packed into the last part of the book, then quickly resolved in a pat ending. (June)
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Book Description
A woman abducted. A frantic husband. And no one can prove she exists....
One snowy night, in a suburban parking lot, a man finds the quarry he's been stalking for months. And Nola Elidad finds herself imprisoned by a strangely caring kidnapper--who insists she is his lost wife. Soon, he says--when she's no longer sick--she will remember who she is. But Nola knows she isn't the woman he claims...or is she? A nightmare journey is about to begin, propelling her into the shifting shadows of her own memory....
Across town, Nola's husband of three months must admit to Detective Lucas Conroy that he knows nothing of his bride's former life. Nor, it seems, does anyone else--not her boss, not her doctor--or they're not saying. Who is Nola Elidad? Somehow, Conroy must find the answer, even if his search for the missing woman leads him into a dark past haunted by cruelty, subterfuge, and murder.
One snowy night, in a suburban parking lot, a man finds the quarry he's been stalking for months. And Nola Elidad finds herself imprisoned by a strangely caring kidnapper--who insists she is his lost wife. Soon, he says--when she's no longer sick--she will remember who she is. But Nola knows she isn't the woman he claims...or is she? A nightmare journey is about to begin, propelling her into the shifting shadows of her own memory....
Across town, Nola's husband of three months must admit to Detective Lucas Conroy that he knows nothing of his bride's former life. Nor, it seems, does anyone else--not her boss, not her doctor--or they're not saying. Who is Nola Elidad? Somehow, Conroy must find the answer, even if his search for the missing woman leads him into a dark past haunted by cruelty, subterfuge, and murder.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Who is She Really, Nola or Stacy?,
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This review is from: That's Not My Name (Mass Market Paperback)
Twenty-one year old Nola Elidad was happey when she married Alec and the couple started out on a new life together, then a trip to the grocery store changes everything. Jesse who insists Nola is really his wife Stacey, abducts her as she is leaving the store and locks her up in the basement of the home he swears is theirs. His plan is simple, he'll take care of Stacey during her "sickness" and gradually reintroduce her to her real life until her memory comes back. Once she understands he has no intention of hurting her, Nola tries to prove him wrong and reclaim her identity as Nola.However, she is continuously shaken as the coincidences keep piling up, how Stacey's clothes fit her perfectly, the gaps in her memory, her familiarity with the house, Jesse's knowledge of her likes and dislikes, and especially the photos with people familiar to her (although she can't quite place them) and wedding photos with a younger Jesse and someone who looks exactly like herself, exchanging vows. This five star book will grab you and hold your attention till the very last page as you travel through the novel and unravel the mystery of Nola along the characters themselves. Review submitted by Captain Katie Osborne
5.0 out of 5 stars
An excellent thriller, a real page turner!,
By "oceanmarina" (Bronx, New York USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: That's Not My Name (Mass Market Paperback)
One minute Nola Elidad is enjoying herself as a newleywed, the next minute she is literally stolen by a man who claims she is his wife. The author skillfully develops the relationship between Nola and her kind captor. You will never guess the ending! I finished this book in 2 days, a must-read!
4.0 out of 5 stars
Hard to believe but a good read,
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This review is from: That's Not My Name (Mass Market Paperback)
In That's Not My Name, Jesse Waite, believing that his wife has died a sudden death after loosing a baby, wanders into a carnival and suddenly spots a young woman who "is" his wife. He follows her for days and finally approaches her pulling her into his car to take her home where she belongs. He thinks her name is Stacey Waite; she thinks her name is Nola Elidad. Nola's husband of three months is distraught over her disappearance, but knows very little about her when he tries to tell the police about his new wife. It begins to look like story about a multiple personality when Nola/Stacey's memories begin to surface;however, a surprise development of another actual person turns the book into a real suspense that is hard to put down until the last detail surfaces.
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