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In 2016, Samantha Harvey went from a "sleep-free person" who could sleep peacefully no matter what happened, to an "insomniac" who had difficulty falling asleep or even stayed awake all night. Those waking hours at 1am, 2am, 3am, 4am, 5am, 6am, there was not a touch of sleepiness. During this year, there was not a single day when she slept or when she was awake. Along those sleepless nights, she dreamed through writing. She talked about restlessness and anxiety, death and time, science and faith, writing and novels... She also became her own archaeologist, looking back and trying to understand her past, "because it is easier to make peace with life than to count the losses in life." If being able to sleep is a state, then not being able to sleep is another state of life. She writes about insomnia, but also about life itself. With a poetic touch, she writes about existences that are surprising and touching.