Lahbib Saber

A Memory That Isn't Mine (Psychological Family Drama / Gothic Mystery, #2) (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An impossible awakening. Two lives. One truth. When she opens her eyes after three weeks in a coma, the woman in the hospital bed recognizes nothing: not her face in the mirror, not the man who claims to be her husband, not the name the doctors give herNora Attia. Yet her memories are devastatingly clear: she is Layla, a potter in a coastal village where sea salt permeates the air, where her mother weaves carpets in earth-toned colors, where her hands create beauty from clay. But these handspale and delicateare not her own. The doctors speak of post-traumatic delusion, of mental reconstruction in the face of shock. Youssef, the grieving husband, shows her photographs of an urban life she doesn't recognize. Until the day a stranger crosses her threshold, bearing an impossible truth: her memories belong to Lina, his wife, who died in the accident that put Nora in a coma. He hands her a photograph, and for the first time since awakening, she recognizes herselfthe face from her memories, Lina's face. Caught between two existences, Layla flees to the village of Ain Merja, guided by an internal compass toward a place she has never visited but knows intimately. There, in Lina's workshop, facing the potter's wheel and wood-fired kiln, she must confront a devastating truth: her city-dweller's hands no longer know how to shape clay. The knowledge is there, anchored in her memory, but her body refuses to obey. She has become the imperfect translator of a life that isn't hers. Elias, Lina's widower, becomes her silent guide on this journey between worlds. Together, they explore the layers of inherited memoriesthe joys, the talents, but also the buried traumas, embodied by the oppressive shadow of Kamal, Lina's abusive former mentor. In the courageous act of confrontation, Layla frees herself from this phantom grip and discovers her own artistic voice. Inspired by kintsugi, the Japanese art of repairing broken ceramics with gold, she begins creating pieces that celebrate their fractures rather than concealing them. Her pottery becomes living metaphors: fractured vases mended with threads of light, lanterns that transform scars into radiant beauty. Each creation is an act of reconciliation between Layla, Lina, and Norathree women in one, three inheritances woven together. When she returns to the city to settle Nora's estatebiological parents who died in the same accidentshe faces Youssef one final time. In a moment of mutual grace, they grant each other permission to let go: she is not and will never be Nora, and he can finally grieve. With the inheritance, Layla establishes the Nora Attia Foundation for the Arts of Ain Merja, transforming loss into legacy for the community. Back in the village, she finds her place not as a ghost, but as a full member. She masters clay and learns to weave on the ancestral loom, fusing the inheritances of earth, water, and thread. Her relationship with Elias evolves into a profound and peaceful intimacy, beyond grief. In spring, the villagers gift her a boat bearing her chosen nameLaylaa symbol of her reclaimed freedom. On the sea at sunset, she finally sails toward the horizon, not to flee, but to embrace the infinite possibilities. She is no longer an exile imprisoned by others' memories. She is Layla: artist, survivor, weaver of light. She has learned to take the broken fragments of the past and mend them with the patient, loving light of her own hands. She is, at last and irrevocably, home."A Memory That Isn't Mine" is a poetic and sensory novel about memory, identity, and transformation. A lyrical meditation on what truly defines us, a celebration of art as the language of healing, and a hymn to human resilience.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: lahbib saber
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. November 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798232712365
• Artikelnr.: 75842703

Autorenporträt

Little is publicly known about the author of El Niño, who writes under a pen name for reasons of personal security. His professional background consulting, specializing in the complex smuggling corridors that connect Africa and Europe. His writing is characterized by a stark authenticity and an unnerving attention to detail, which stems from direct, firsthand experience in the world he depicts. He chose to tell this story to shed light on the invisible wars being fought every day on the streets of Europe and in the ports of North Africa. He currently lives in an undisclosed location in the Mediterranean.