2022: A charming and cute easy read

This was a total random find of mine in a used bookstore's Translated Fiction section, and it was a great purchase! The premise here is that a housekeeper is assigned to a professor, who has sustained a brain injury, rendering him incapable of remembering anything for more than 80 minutes. It was honestly such a sweet book, and I'd highly recommend it.

It was a pretty original take in my opinion. I can think of a couple of plot holes with the concept of forgetting everything after 80 minutes, and lots of questions are never answered (what is the real relationship between the professor and the sister-in-law? Did the professor have a kid of his own?) This story really only works in the window before the internet was invented (can you imagine losing your memory before the internet and then trying to survive in a world that has it?!)

This book would be great for any fans of mathematics and proofs, as well as baseball. It reminded me very strongly of both [b:Wit|171201|Wit|Margaret Edson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1327908183l/171201._SY75_.jpg|2206] and [b:Proof|150720|Proof|David Auburn|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1417605435l/150720._SY75_.jpg|1632], plays about extremely smart professors who come from dysfunctional families and bonds that are tested due to health issues. I'd recommend this book if you liked either of them, and I'd recommend both of those plays if you liked this book!