Here is a concise summary of the story:
**Title:** A Woman's 12-Year Memory Gap
**Protagonist:** Clara, a woman who wakes up from a coma with no memory of the past 12 years.
**Key Events:**
1. **Discovery**: Clara, who thinks she's 19, learns she's actually 31, married with three children, and has a successful career.
2. **Struggle to Adjust**: She grapples with her new reality, feeling like a teenager trapped in an adult's body.
3. **Rebellion**: Clara briefly abandons her life, seeking a youthful experience, but soon realizes the value of her current life.
4. **Turning Point**: Her husband's emotional plea helps her understand the need to "grow up" and accept her life.
5. **Acceptance**: Clara finally comes to terms with her new identity, embracing the woman she's become, despite still not remembering the past 12 years.
**Themes:** Identity, Memory, Self-Discovery, Acceptance, Personal Growth.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text, numbered and in short sentences:
1. The narrator, Clara, is a teenage girl trapped in a woman's body.
2. Clara had a good childhood, but her adolescence was marked by intense emotions.
3. She ran away from home about ten times during adolescence.
4. The last memory Clara recalls from her past life is from the year 2007, when she was 19 years old.
5. Clara woke up in a hospital bed with no memory of the past 12 years.
6. She was greeted by a man (later identified as her husband, Dallas/Douglas) and three children who were unfamiliar to her.
7. Clara's parents visited her in the hospital, looking older (father bald, mother with gray hair).
8. A doctor told Clara her vital signs were normal and instructed her to go home with her family.
9. Clara was informed she had been in a coma for ten days after a blood vessel burst in her neck.
10. She had no memory of her life from the past 12 years, including her marriage, children, and career.
11. Clara's husband took her home, showing her family photographs and their life together, which she didn't recognize.
12. Clara struggled to reconcile her 19-year-old mindset with her current life.
13. She ran away from her husband during a hike, feeling overwhelmed.
14. Clara returned to her old neighborhood, which had become very dangerous over the past ten years.
15. She met a future rock star and went on tour with him for a week, before realizing her mistake.
16. Clara eventually returned home to her husband and children.
17. Her husband expressed concerns about Clara's behavior, needing a companion, not a girl, to care for their family.
18. This conversation prompted Clara to understand the need to "grow up".
19. On her birthday, Clara's husband encouraged her to accept her current life, and she began to see herself in a more positive light.
20. Despite still not remembering the past 12 years, Clara decided to face her life with more courage and acceptance.