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Remember Me by Mary Higgins
Remember me is a book written by Mary Higgins. It reveals the story of a criminal legal representative and his wife who are both hoping for the restoration of their failing marriage. The story reveals the tragic incident faced by the couple in which they lost their first two-year-old child through a fatal accident. The tragic incident of Menley’s firs child known as Bobby occurred when her car was smashed by a train at a railway road crossing (Clark, 1994). This made her suffer from a psychological disorder known as posttraumatic stress, and this gave reason for their marriage to fall apart. However, Menley discovers about her second pregnancy and once the child is born, the couple decides to move to a new house. In addition, their marriage is restored through the birth of their second female child known as Hannah (Clark, 1994). In addition, the wife and husband appear to be very determined in giving hope to their marital relationship while being unaware of an enemy who has planned an unusual plan for them. In addition, the book describes the couple’s joy of relocating to a new area known as Cape Cod. The author describes Menley’s excitement and anticipation as she heads to the airport with her husband. She makes an effort to be optimistic about the plan of moving to Cape in order to try and forget the past tragedy that she experienced. Although, as they head to the airport, they discover that it is closed, but this does not stop them from continuing with their traveling plans. As a result, Adam decides to rent a car in order to drive his family to the intended destination in Cape. Menley is shown preparing and packing the requirements including candles in case the new place ran out of electricity. However, this does not stop the lawyer’s wife from blaming herself for the first child’s death, but the peacefulness in their new Cape residence offers the couple a fresh start of a promising and hopeful future (Clark, 1994). Menley’s husband, Adam chose to rent the house in Cape Cod because he believed that it was peaceful since it was where his family ancestors had settled and therefore, it could be a way of returning to his roots. In addition, it would be the perfect place for his family. In addition, Menley would consider it as the best fit since it was quieter when compared to the former residence in the noisy city of New York. She was suffering from depression due to the tragedy of her first child, she therefore needed to be surrounded in a peaceful, and quiet environment that would help her face and get over that tragedy (Clark, 1994). The house that is being rented in is known as the Remember house, which was a landmark in the eighteenth century, in which a captain constructed it for his spouse. The place bore an ominous myth in which the captain left his wife after he learnt about her unfaithfulness and hence took their child with him. The author continues to describe various bizarre incidents faced by the couple that forces the lawyer’s wife also known as Menley to reflect on the tragic accident of her first child. As a result, Menley’s fear increases as she thinks about the safety of her second child. Menley is also shown attempting to recover from her first child’s death as she visits, an old house in which her first husband was raised (Clark, 1994).
The story describes how difficult it becomes as she tries to adapt to the surrounding. Shortly, she begins to be haunted by a creepy distant voice that leaves her puzzled as to whether she is being disturbed by guilt or if her first dead child is trying to communicate to her an important message. When Menley is alone at their new residence, she is frightened by strange sounds including the train passing through the house and her dead son calling out her name. These occurrences end up torturing Menley emotionally and psychologically to the extent that it puts her relationship with Adam in great risk for a second time. This is because Adam appears to be puzzled as to whether his wife is mentally loosing herself or there is some rationality in what she is going through (Clark, 1994). The events experienced by Menley cause her to suffer memory loss. For example, at a scene in the story, she forgets waking up in the late night to move and cover up her daughter. As a result, she assumes that all this is happening to her because of suffering from posttraumatic stress from the tragic accident. Although the timing is too late, Menley realizes that something baleful is happening at the Remember residence, in which she may not be able to survive. This is because she has no clue of the hideous intentions her enemy has planned (Clark, 1994). The story also describes the incident where Menley’s husband, Adam handles a crime case, in which his client is being considered as a suspect in a murder scene. In addition, this crime accusation happen the same time the client’s wife, whom he has been married to for three months, dies through the drowning in a storm. The suspect known as Scott Covey is accused of murder immediately after his wealthy wife drowns in a violent storm on financial grounds (Clark, 1994).
Since his wife was rich, it was assumed that Scott Covey might have intended to kill his wife in order to acquire all her wealth. Menley shows empathy for Covey’s situation that she persuades her husband to pursue the case. Despite the strange incidents faced by Menley, trouble continues to follow her and Hannah, and there is a high possibility that it is not connected to the case in which her husband is pursuing. The book describes how Adam gets significant help in handling the case from a close female friend known as Elaine. During Menley and her husband’s stay at the house, Menley decides to conduct a research for a book she intends to write and discovers a number of fascinating elements about the house through her research work. The book also describes how aside from carrying out research, Medley writing for a certain travel magazine about the town she and her family relocated in (Clark, 1994). As she proceeds with her writing, she also discovers about the distressing history behind the Remember house and speculates if the mystery uncovered is worth resolving. Despite the strange incidents occurring in the house, the story’s conclusion reveals the relevance of those events tied together.
Reference
Clark, M. H. (1994). Remember me. New York: Simon & Schuster.
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