Pat D. (pat0814) reviewed on 3/20/2011 + 379 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 3

This is a compelling and powerfully written novel about a missing relative discovered when the author's mother was dying. It is difficult to imagine conditions during the depression and WWII when mental illness was a such a horrible stigma that it required an endless web of deceit endorsed by the entire family. In learning more about his family, Luxenberg learned how the past connects inexorably with the present and future. I was very affected by this book, as will be everyone who reads it.

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