Memory Minefield - Torrefranca, Mel

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Résumé :
A seven-day pandemic results in less than one percent of the worldwide population forgetting everything. Ari Cortez is one of eight memory loss victims from her high school. Although her parents and best friend promise to guide her down a seamless path of self-discovery, their facts about who she was contradict each other, and she struggles to trust them. When Ari finds a letter with risky instructions on how to get her memories back, she jumps on the opportunity. Jeremy Sargo wakes up to discover that his best friend lost his memories and moved away. Struggling to deal with the sudden isolation, he plans a money-making scheme to distract himself by volunteering for paid research testing as a fake memory loss victim. Jeremy begins to enjoy this new persona, and he takes the scam one step too far. When the government funds memory loss counseling as part of the Mental Health Initiative Act, Ari and Jeremy cross paths every Tuesday and Saturday afternoon. While Ari struggles to find her memories, Jeremy fights to keep his a secret. But it's only a matter of time before their true identities are exposed....

Biographie:
Mel Torrefranca is an entrepreneur and novelist from the San Francisco Bay Area. When she's not writing dark and mysterious young adult fiction, she runs the publishing house Lost Island Press and films YouTube videos documenting her personal experiences. Mel discovered her passion for writing at the age of seven and published her debut novel LEAVING WISHVILLE before graduating from high school. She also drinks way too many lattes....

Sommaire:
A shocking pandemic leaves 0.5% of the population with total memory loss. Ari Cortez wakes up with no recollection of herself. The stories her parents and best friend tell her about who she was don't line up, so when she finds a cryptic letter with instructions on how to get her real memories back, she takes the risk. Jeremy Sargo wakes up to news that his best friend lost his memories and moved away. To distract himself, and make some extra cash, he volunteers for paid research testing as a fake memory loss victim. The scam works, but he takes it one step too far. While Ari struggles to recover her memories, Jeremy fights to keep his a secret. It's only a matter of time before their true identities are exposed....