Elise's Memory Book
Elise’s Memory Book gathers pictures, practical instruction, and maps that help her and the survivors interpret the world outside.
Story so far
Elise assembled her memory book from favorite pages taken from other books, carrying the heavy collection in a shoulder bag and adding colorful loose pages that were not yet sewn in. Its pictures helped her recognize a pig. A dog-meat seller tried to keep it as payment for her puppy, but she recovered the book and scattered pages after he was knocked down.
The collection preserves practical material on fishing, tracking animals, and raising sheep, alongside the images and information Elise favors about the green world, animals, the sun, and stars. She protects it during questioning. Shaw later carries it outside inside his suit, and the adults consult its maps when deciding where to go. At the camp, its stitched pages are consulted again as people try to identify an unfamiliar animal.
Appearance
A heavy collection of selected pages, including colorful pictures and maps. Its assembled pages are accompanied at earlier points by loose additions not yet sewn in.
Role
It preserves Elise’s chosen knowledge and supplies practical guidance for the survivors beyond the silo.
Relationships
Sources — 16 recorded facts, by chapter
- Elise takes her memory book with her in a shoulder satchel as the group moves downstairs.
- Elise is making a single book by collecting her favorite pages.
- Elise transports her heavy book in a bag around her neck.
- Elise brings her heavy book in its shoulder bag when following Jimmy to the radio call.
- Elise’s memory book contains loose colorful pages she has not yet sewn in.
- Elise’s book includes pictures that allow her to identify a pig.
- A dog-meat seller takes Elise’s Memory Book and offers to keep it as payment for Puppy.
- Elise recovers her book and loose pages after the seller is knocked down.
- Elise’s memory book contains instructions about fishing and tracking animals.
- Elise’s memory book has a page about raising and caring for sheep.
- Elise carries her Memory Book in her bag and protects it during questioning.
- Elise thinks she included the deer page in her Memory Book.
- Elise favors images and information about the green world, fishing, animals, the sun, and stars.
- Shaw brings Elise’s book outside inside his suit.
- Elise’s memory book contains maps that the adults consult while deciding where to go.
- The campers consult the stitched pages of Elise’s book while trying to identify an unfamiliar animal.