Déjà Vu, by Joel Bernard

Choices, Consequences, and Second Chances

When grief unsettles the Trimble family, siblings JT and Minutia are forced to navigate a world where loss reshapes every choice they make. JT, haunted by a strange condition that feels like déjà vu, seeks clarity in the stillness of the river, while Minutia clings to the need for connection and normalcy. Both struggle to understand not only each other but themselves, as their father’s death leaves a silence too deep for words.

An unexpected friendship with Ivan, a withdrawn classmate yearning to escape his father’s shadow, sets events in motion that none of them could foresee. Alongside a mysterious journal, a house consumed by fire, and the secrets of the riverbank, the three young lives are bound together by questions of fate, responsibility, and the cost of inaction.

Joel Bernard’s DÉJÀ VU is a deeply moving exploration of memory, grief, and the fragile choices that define us—an intimate story of loss, hope, and the possibility of second chances.