Corryn suffers from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), that makes it difficult for her to breath. The medication she takes is called Prednisone, and one of the side effects is mood swings. So...sometimes Corryn gets mad for no reason, especially at her parents.
When Wendy remembers Corryn's memories of her parents, some of them are really bad, but when Wendy meets her grandparents, she learns that they weren't really horrible people after all. This also makes Wendy think that Corryn's memories aren't very reliable, which makes it more difficult to learn about her mother.
Also, you have to be asking what control Wendy has over the memories. Is she able to subconsciously filter her mother's memories to block unpleasant stuff?
ReplyDeleteThe way I've been writing it (and the very small research I've done on the memory) things can trigger us to remember. Someone sees a basketball and it triggers the memory of when that person used to play basketball with friends or on a team. We may not remember something unless we have that initial trigger. Wendy doesn't recall Ardon until she sees him, then that meeting allows her to access more of Corryn's memories. I think the control is in Wendy's concentration. Some things may be more difficult to remember than others, and the harder Wendy concentrates on the memory, the more she discovers, like when we try to remember what we read for a test. Hopefully this makes sense and answers your question. If not, we can meet and discuss it further.
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