Once a wise man told a young girl, 'Do not forget what you must remember.' The young girl was confused and she asked, 'Well, sir, I would not TRY to forget what I need to remember. It would not be my fault.' The wise man just looked down at her and said, 'Whatever you must remember, if it is truly something you must remember, you will remember in time. You will make it happen, because you do not want to forget.'
How do you cope with the fact that your whole life, you are not who you thought you were? You learn that you once were someone completely different. Once Grace Anderson went to a party with a familiar gold liquid, she realizes her whole life has not been what she thought it was.
Taken from an abusive, alcoholic mother and a protective brother whom she ran away with, she was given to the Anderson family, a young couple who could not have any children. But when Grace realizes that her perfect family is not who she was truly born of, she takes a big step into the past.
But in a past that no one wishes to find, will Grace realize who she truly is? Or will she find she doesn't even want to go back? Will she ever find her long lost brother?
'It's hard to learn that you are a runaway love, when you thought you were so brave,"
Geoff and Naomi are dead, and they're depressed, but when Geoff's cat Bernie dies as well, they embark on a wild journey to find it in the underworld.
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When Geoff dies, alongside his girlfriend Naomi, they end up sharing an apartment in the Underworld as skeletons. But after a few years, Geoff starts suffering a mid-death crisis. What's the purpose of going through the motions as a skeleton if you can't really live? Then he gets word that his cat, Bernie, just died and he can collect him and bring him home! Geoff and Naomi hurry to get Bernie only to discover that, due to a clerical error, their cat has been lost. With the hunt for Bernie giving new purpose to Geoff's un-life, he and Naomi begin a quest to get back their cat. Battling skeleton pirates, climbing the sky ladder and facing off against the villain who took Bernie, Geoff is determined to find his purpose - or die a second time trying!
[[2018 Wattys Winner - The Originals]]
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