{"product_id":"i-am-what-remains-9798218873042","title":"I Am What Remains","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis isn't a memoir.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's not a story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's the remains.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI didn't write this book to heal, inspire, or redeem anything. I wrote it because I was collapsing and needed to leave a trace of what that collapse looked like from the inside. These pages aren't crafted; they're extracted. Every chapter is a piece of me I tore out while I was still breathing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is what happens when identity rots in real time. When memory thins. When meaning disintegrates. When silence gets loud enough to bruise the inside of your ribs. I didn't shape these thoughts to be comforting or coherent. I wrote exactly what it felt like to exist while falling apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI don't offer hope. I don't offer resolution. I don't offer anything but the truth I lived: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat time is a butcher, not a healer, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat forgetting becomes a survival instinct, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat the self is something you lose long before anyone notices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you read this looking for a lesson, you won't find one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you read it looking for me, you'll only find what was left.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is the residue of a person dismantled by his own honesty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's what survived long enough to be written down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd if you see yourself anywhere in it, then you already know why I had to write it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a memoir.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat's left of me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat refuses to die quietly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI am N. Vire.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnd this is what remains.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e N. Vire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/09\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798218873042\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.39d","brand":"N. Vire","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52733528703157,"sku":"9798218873042","price":8.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_64203ab4-b3b4-4c22-be88-7f1fcfb06311.jpg?v=1782270429","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/i-am-what-remains-9798218873042","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}