by Su Meck
Designed by Ruth Lee-Mui
Jacket design by Jackie Seow
Jacket photograph by Jared Leeds
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Meck, Su.
I forgot to remember : a memoir of amnesia / Su Meck with Daniel de Visé. — First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
pages cm—(Simon & Schuster nonfiction original hardcover)
1. Meck, Su—Mental health. 2. Amnesia—Patients—Biography. 3. Brain—Concussion—Complications. I. De Visé, Daniel, author. II. Title.
RC394.A5M43 2014
616.85‘232—dc23 2013034048
ISBN 978-1-4516-8581-7
ISBN 978-1-4516-8583-1 (ebook)
Contents
These Are the Days of Our Lives
Chapter 1: Life in the Fast Lane
Chapter 2: Confusion
Chapter 3: I Don’t Remember
Chapter 4: You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Chapter 5: You’ve Got A Friend
Chapter 6: Eminence Front
Chapter 7: Better Things
Chapter 8: Mama, I’m Comin’ Home
Chapter 9: The Great Pretender
Chapter 10: Life Is a Lemon, and I Want My Money Back
Chapter 11: Ode to My Family
Chapter 12: Sweet Child O’ Mine
Chapter 13: School
Chapter 14: Walk Like an Egyptian
Chapter 15: Shiny Happy People
Chapter 16: Some Days Are Better Than Others
Chapter 17: Perfect
Chapter 18: Hello, Goodbye
Chapter 19: Thin Line Between Love and Hate
Chapter 20: What If
Chapter 21: Bridge Over Troubled Water
Chapter 22: Learning to Fly
Chapter 23: Wish You Were Here
Chapter 24: Break on Through
Acknowledgments
Reading Group Guide
About Su Meck and Daniel de Visé