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Annie's Ghosts: A Journey Into a Family Secret

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Availability:In StockContributor:Steve LuxenbergAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2010-05-11Pages:432
Language:EnglishPublisher:Hachette BooksISBN-13:9781401310196ISBN-10:1401310192UPC:9781401310196Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Family & Relationships, PsychologyBook Subcategory:Siblings, PsychopathologySize:7.90 x 5.20 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SCMAV9WB5J
Beth Luxenberg was an only child. Or so everyone thought. Six months after Beth's death, her secret emerged. It had a name: Annie.

Praise for Annie's Ghosts

"Annie's Ghosts is one of the most remarkable books I have ever read . . . From mental institutions to the Holocaust, from mothers and fathers to children and childhood, with its mysteries, sadness, and joy--this book is one emotional ride."--Bob Woodward, author of The War Within and State of Denial

"Steve Luxenberg sleuths his family's hidden history with the skills of an investigative reporter, the instincts of a mystery writer, and the sympathy of a loving son. His rediscovery of one lost woman illuminates the shocking fate of thousands of Americans who disappeared just a generation ago."--Tony Horwitz, author of A Voyage Long and Strange and Confederates in the Attic

"I started reading within minutes of picking up this book, and was instantly mesmerized. It's a riveting detective story, a moving family saga, an enlightening if heartbreaking chapter in the history of America's treatment of people born with what we now call special needs." -- Deborah Tannen, author of You Just Don't Understand and You're Wearing That

"This is a memoir that pushes the journalistic envelope . . . Luxenberg has written a fascinating personal story as well as a report on our communal response to the mentally ill." -- Helen Epstein, author of Where She Came From and Children of the Holocaust

"A wise, affecting new memoir of family secrets and posthumous absolution." -- The Washington Post

"Annie's Ghosts will resonate for many, whether the chords have to do with family secrets, the Depression, memories of a thriving Detroit, the Holocaust's horrors, or the immigrant experience." -- The Detroit Free Press
Language:EnglishPublisher:Hachette BooksISBN-13:9781401310196ISBN-10:1401310192UPC:9781401310196Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Family & Relationships, PsychologyBook Subcategory:Siblings, PsychopathologySize:7.90 x 5.20 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SCMAV9WB5J
Steve Luxenberg has been a senior editor with the Washington Post for 20 years. He lives in Baltimore, MD. This is his first book.
Publisher: Hachette Books

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