Echoes of a Dream

It's not easy being a young adult in the 21st century. Everything is changing, bills are piling in, you're trying to decide whether to study or just get a job, and on top of that, there are one million other inconveniences in your way - having sex, the pressure to keep up with your friends and everyone else your age, foes with grudges not forgotten, amnesia, pregnancy, death. Yep, suddenly there's a whole lot more to think about, and suddenly, you begin to learn that you can't just get away with stuff anymore - every action has a consequence.

Amanda Lane is eighteen, and what starts as a bit of harmless fun, and revenge for an April Fool's Day prank that she is unable to get over ends in a devastating accident. When five years of her life are suddenly erased from her memory, she must learn to cope with not only the struggles of her average life, but also must resolve the tension that goes with her two lives - one, where she is out of school, working, having fun with her friends and learning the ins and outs of romance with her first real boyfriend, and the other where she is an introverted thirteen-year-old still grappling with her place in the social circles at school.

Life is moving past her fast, and Amanda struggles to keep up with the changes that are facing her. Her friends around her are starting to leave her or forget, struggling with their own burdens or moving on with their lives. Tragedy after tragedy rocks them all, leaving them reeling, knocked down before they even have a chance to find their feet again, but there are small slivers of light amid the intensity of life, and when darkness is constantly looming, there is only one thing left for you to do; bask in the light before it gets snuffed out completely.