“The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is a 2020 fantasy novel by V. E. Schwab about a young French woman who makes a desperate bargain for immortality in 1714, only to be cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. For centuries, she lives a life of anonymity, leaving no mark on the world, until she meets a young man in a bookstore who remembers her name. The story explores themes of memory, identity, legacy, and the human desire to be remembered.”