Assembling Ella

Can you still have a future if you forget your past?

Senior year. For most high school students, its something to celebrate. For Ella, its a reminder of what shes lost. A car accident cut short the life of her brother Jack before he made it that far. Now her fear of outgrowing her big brother is putting her at odds with everyone. And its stirring up some really terrible dreams.

No one seems to understand what Ella is going through, not her parents or her best friends, or her favorite art teacher. The only person on her side is PhiTau, and Ella doesnt even know he exists.

As a tender in the realm of the Dream Lord, PhiTaus job is to take care of Ellas dreams. But when he crosses the line from caring to meddling, he causes Ella to do what she fears most-forget.

To repair the broken pieces of Ellas memory, PhiTau will need help from two gods and the one person who knows Ella better than he does. But saving Ellas memory may require PhiTau to make the ultimate sacrifice.

Ellas story will change the way you think about grief

"Nobody wanted to hear her story. Nobody wanted to talk about her dead brother, or her refusal to take Drivers Ed, or the fact that every school day brought her one day closer to the end of senior year and the yawning black hole that was her future. Sometimes she didnt even blame them. Ella didnt want to talk about it either.

"Everyone was happier pretending it hadnt happened, that Jack had never existed...It made her angry. Thats how she felt. Angry. And nobody understood. How did you sculpt anger? How could you draw it?"

The companion novel to Nothings Ever Lost

Featuring:

Ella Pratt, Jacks sister from Nothings Ever Lost Morpheus, the Dream Lord PhiTau, His helper Mnemosyne, Goddess of Memory Lethe, Goddess of Oblivion Oliva Butler, Ellas friend Owen Butler, Livs brother Ms. Beaudry, their art teacher Kristen Lund, Ellas rival