Remembrance: A Re-Writing
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Synopsis: Leah Harvey has suffered migraines for years. Due to a car accident, she misses a session with her neurologist, who has enrolled her in a clinical trial for a potential new treatment. After the missed session, Leah begins to experience increasing paranoia, anxiety, and irritability. At first, she chalks it up to residual effects of the accident, or of missing her treatment, but she’s quickly drawn into a complex network of secrets threatening to burst. Not only is her view of her condition changed forever, but her understanding of her very self.
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Table Of Contents
Chapter 1: The Wreck
Leah misses an important appointment with her neurologist, and the office seems more concerned by her absence than even she is.
Chapter 2: The Bug
Leah’s anxiety grows as she tries to make sense of the cryptic comments she overheard during her phone conversation with the clinic.
Chapter 3: The Appointment
Leah is confronted about her unfriendly behavior and attends her rescheduled neurology appointment.
Chapter 4: The Warning
Leah receives a mysterious warning about her treatment and faces a decision regarding who she thinks she can trust.
Chapter 5: The Threat
Leah leans into her intuition and makes a risky decision, encountering a mysterious figure as she dives deeper into the mystery surrounding her treatment.
Chapter 6: The Investigation
Leah flips the table by initiating an important conversation and demanding answers.
Chapter 7: The Walk
Leah reconnects with a familiar face and begins to realize that she’s in way over her head.
Chapter 8: The Confrontation
Leah struggles with the implications of everything she’s learned and wrestles with an important question at the heart of a close friendship.
Chapter 9: The Space
Leah reaches a tentative truce, continues to investigate on her own, and urgently reschedules an appointment.
Chapter 10: The Console
Leah is given more insight into the nature of her treatment, the operations of the clinic, and the state of her own mind.
Chapter 11: The Library
Leah is shaken to her core when she uncovers new information about her past.
Chapter 12: The Fumble
Leah comes face to face with a ghost from her past—and a threat to her future.
Chapter 13: The Ring
Leah pursues her investigation without her contacts at the Institute, leading to a shocking realization.
Chapter 14: The Invitation
Leah wrestles with the implications of her newly-resurfacing memories and accepts an invitation to dinner.
Chapter 15: The Dinner
Leah is given a better sense of her place within a bigger picture and is forced to confront an inescapable question—who can she trust?
Chapter 16: The Scrapbook
Leah peruses the memorabilia in the box Natalie gave her, learns more about her involvement with the McNeill Institute, and tries to construct an accurate sequence of events in her life.
Chapter 17: The Call
Leah speaks with her mother about their shared past, only to discover that things are not what they’ve seemed.
Chapter 18: The Truth
Leah becomes extremely disoriented as she is forced to hold two identities at once, uncertain of which is real… or what real even means under her circumstances.
Chapter 19: The Drive
Leah goes on a nostalgic trip around town, visiting a few of her former favorite haunts, only to come to a startling realization.
Chapter 20: The Bank
Leah acts on a hunch and makes one last visit, where she discovers an unexpected wealth of information.
Chapter 21: The Discovery
In this chapter, everything finally becomes clear: Leah’s understanding of herself flips almost 180°, and the events that led to her current situation are once again understood.
Chapter 22: The Leader
Leah speaks with the employees from the McNeill Institute who have been working to assist her and struggles to accept the role they expect her to step into.
Chapter 23: The Dilemma
Leah tries to weigh the personal cost against the demands of justice to determine whether she has an obligation to follow through with her original goal.
Chapter 24: The Goal
A change in circumstances forces Leah to reckon with her expectations and goals for herself within the wider context of her long-term involvement with the Institute.
Chapter 25: The Plan
Leah and her team discuss the most efficient way to accomplish their objective, in light of their extensive body of research and the ever-increasing danger they face.
Chapter 26: The Case
Leah receives a call following up on her tip and works to help arrange a bust that will put the key players behind bars.
Chapter 27: The Obligation
Leah discharges what she sees as an inescapable obligation to someone she still feels responsible for, although it’s one she would rather leave unfulfilled.
Chapter 28: The Sting
Leah sneaks into the prison and makes a game-changing discovery that requires her to think on her feet, change all her plans, and risk it all for the greater good.
Chapter 29: The Fallout
Leah tries to make sense of what happened and why, wrestles with her unexpected disappointment, and begins to consider what she wants her life to look like.
Chapter 30: The Homecoming
Leah begins the challenging work of rebuilding her life: forging new relationships, repairing old ones, and trying to understand the ways the last two years have changed her.
Epilogue: The Letter
Leah receives a letter from an imprisoned Dr. Jude Pierucci.
Debrief Document: Unpacking the Process of Serializing Remembrance
First of all - thanks for the mention, Sara. Looking at your TOC has sparked some ideas for my own. I like the synopsis idea and having a short blurb under each chapter heading. I do want to keep using the format of the inbed chapter links. I guess I could add the blurb underneath each one. Anyway - the little gray cells (tapping noggin) are churning.
I just found this novel and I cannot put it down. It's soooooo good. I'm not getting any of my own stuff done!