Mercy's View

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Sequel to </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Walk Until Sunrise. </em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>(has a brief recap if you didn't read the first memoir so it can stand alone)</span></p><p></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Mercy's View: Blackout </em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>chronicles the ultimate case of faking it till you make it. A teen runaway suffering from dissociative amnesia fights her way back into society in hopes of chasing her dreams and finding true love.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>After her runaway experience at age 15 Heather returns home and immediately realizes she has made a terrible mistake in doing so. She hatches an escape plan that snowballs into an adult game of make-believe on steroids. First she lies her way out of high school and into a live-in nanny job. Then Heather saves up money and convinces her mother she has been accepted to the University of Minnesota. Mother and daughter embark on a cross-country drive from California to Minnesota. At last Heather begins her life as an independent young woman.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Set against the backdrop of the 1980s Minneapolis gay bar scene work at a Chinese restaurant and student life at a music school Heather recklessly reenters society as she pursues her musical dreams and love-this time for real.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A story about</span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> survival</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>overcoming</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> and the</span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> pursuit of happiness</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>.</span></p>