I Was in a Coma and No One Will Tell Me What Happened

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I was put in a medically induced coma. I remember nothing. So I wrote a novel about a woman who endured the same thing. Then I wrote another novel about a woman who does remember.

Published Jun. 28 2020 5:13AM EDT

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This is a story of memory and the loss of it, of terror and some joy, and of something that happened that was supposedly so awful that they gave me memory blockers to ensure I forgot it.

Caroline Leavitt

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I Was in a Coma and No One Will Tell Me What Happened

I was put in a medically induced coma. I remember nothing. So I wrote a novel about a woman who endured the same thing. Then I wrote another novel about a woman who does remember.

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Caroline Leavitt