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(Let's meet again) is based on a fictional story!
Let's Meet Again is a fictional novel
that delves into the profound impact of hidden trauma and first love within the cloistered world of Detroit's wealthy elite.
Adam,
A middle child of the city's second wealthiest family, is haunted by an unexplainable guilt. At nine, he witnessed the death of his younger sister, an event so traumatic his mind completely blocked the memory, leaving a silent, gaping hole in his family's history. His family home became a museum of unspoken grief. Blamed by his father and older brother, Adam lives with chronic nightmares and an isolating emptiness, supported only by his mother.
Anna,
The eldest of the well-regarded Donnelly family, faces her own private turmoil following the tragic death of her biological father. Her grief-stricken mother's swift remarriage introduces a cold and psychologically manipulative stepfather, Michael Beckett. Michael orchestrates a calculated campaign to erase her father's memory, subtly turning her mother and younger siblings against her for any show of loyalty to the man she lost. This transition from a loving, tight-knit family unit to a strained, artificial arrangement is difficult for Anna, who can only turn to her older brother for support.
Their paths converge, and they find solace in their shared brokenness. Adam and Anna's intense first love allows them to heal and laugh genuinely for the first time since their respective tragedies. But at the age of sixteen, their relationship shatters under mysterious circumstances, ending with a final, heart breaking pact: "If we ever meet again, let's be a stranger."
The novel explores the enduring power of that bond and the possibility of a second chance years later, forcing Adam and Anna to confront the past trauma that shaped them and the promise they made to forget everything they once were to each other.