Remember Me

Salvador Pitello is a middle-aged news writer from Brooklyn New York. He is sitting at the funeral for Mary-ann a prominent figure in the neighborhood listening to Mary-anns husband Allan speak. Though the event is somber the mood is celebratory because of the impact Mary-ann had in her community.Three years earlier Sal found an article about a woman who had wandered from home. After further investigation he realizes the woman was suffering from the early stages of Alzheimers. As the story unfolds Sal sets out to write a novel about Mary-ann and tell her story. Known as Mama by everyone in the neighborhood Mary-ann opened a soup kitchen with her best friend Sharice in the 1950s and was an integral part in making most of Brooklyn a safe NYC borough.Sal watches as the disease begins to take Mary-ann further from reality; and he witnesses the toll it has on Allan and their six children. After being placed in the Rehabilitation Ward at a hospital Mary-ann eventually meets a young boy with brain cancer Landon who has a knack for remembering everything. Their relationship blossoms and Mary-ann seems to feed off of his energy at times showing signs who she once was. Until one day Mary-ann gladly found a way to give her life for his.