TUCSON, Ariz., Feb. 3, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- In 1999, while renovating the New York City medical offices used by her late father and grandfather, Shoshannah Levy-Goldstein, a young naturopathic medical practitioner, discovers a box with files relating to the treatment of Sophie Jacobs, a patient of her grandfather, Dr. Eliahu Levy, a prominent psychiatrist who escaped from Germany shortly before the outbreak of the World War II. Curious, Shoshannah inspects the contents and learns that despite professional ethics requiring disposal of the files, Dr. Levy preserved them because he believed their documentation and analysis of the paranormal would have future scientific value. And so starts D. Jovanovic's compelling novel Love and Remembrance (now available through 1stBooks Library).
The box contains audiotapes of Sophie's therapy sessions and Dr. Levy's handwritten comments. After listening to the tapes and reading the commentary, Shoshannah transcribes the contents of the box into book form, adding her own explanatory footnotes, which also provide insight into Levy family dynamics.
Sophie came to Dr. Levy for treatment because as a CPA used to logic, she worried that paranormal events she was experiencing suggested mental instability. Sophie discusses her love for Harry, a deceased former baseball player; who has returned to her as a spirit to ease his pain, caused, in part, by wartime combat. During Sophie's therapy, the doctor relives his own memories of the war. After her last session, an incident occurs in which the lives of Sophie, Harry and Dr. Levy are woven together to resolve past traumatic events.
This book is unique in that it is presented as a case study, combining psychiatric sessions discussing paranormal phenomena with detailed professional analysis, which may be helpful to readers evaluating their own psychic experiences. This book is being released at a time of enormous interest in paranormal phenomena, evidenced by the popularity of "The Sixth Sense," and the work of mediums James Van Praagh and John Edward. Because of its contents, it could be considered a meeting of "The Sixth Sense," with "Field of Dreams," and "Saving Private Ryan."
D. Jovanovic is a musician and retired psychiatric social worker with an intense interest in the personalized history of World War II, and an active involvement in programs for veterans of that conflict. Metaphysical subjects also intrigue Jovanovic, particularly the investigation of paranormal phenomena.
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