Annie's Ghosts

Beth Luxenberg was an only child. Everyone knew it: her grown children, her friends, even people she'd only recently met. So when her secret emerged, her son Steve Luxenberg was bewildered. He was certain that his mother had no siblings, just as he knew that her name was Beth, and that she had raised her children, above all, to tell the truth. By then, Beth was nearly eighty, and in fragile health. While seeing a new doctor, she had casually mentioned a disabled sister, sent away at age two. For what reason? Was she physically disabled? Mentally ill? The questions were dizzying, the answers out of reach. Beth had said she knew nothing of her sister's fate. Six months after Beth's death in 1999, the secret surfaced once more. This time, it had a name: Annie. Steve Luxenberg began digging. As he dug, he uncovered more and more. His mother's name wasn't Beth. His aunt hadn't been two when she'd been hospitalized. She'd been twenty-one; his mother had been twenty-three. The sisters had grown up together. Annie had spent the rest of her life in a mental institution, while Beth had set out to hide her sister's existence. Why? Employing his skills as a journalist while struggling to maintain his empathy as a son, Luxenberg pieces together the story of his mother's motivations, his aunt's unknown life, and the times in which they lived. His search takes him to imperial Russia and Depression-era Detroit, through the Holocaust in Ukraine and the Philippine war zone, and back to the hospitals where Annie and many others were lost to memory. Combining the power of reportage with the intrigue of mystery, Annie's Ghosts explores the nature of self-deception and self-preservation. The result is equal parts memoir, social history, and riveting detective story.

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Title of ebook: Annie's Ghosts
ISBN: 9781401394424
parent-ISBN: 9781401322472
Publisher: Hyperion e-books
Pages: 416
Published: 07-2009
Released online for download: 06-30-2009
Author of eBook: Luxenberg, Steve

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ANNIE'S GHOSTS

A Journey into a Family Secret

PROLOGUE: Spring 1995....................................1 ONE: Spring 2000.........................................9 TWO: Looking for Mom.....................................27 THREE: The Rosetta Stone.................................41 FOUR: Unlocking the Door.................................57 FIVE: Missing Pieces.....................................73 SIX: Actually Insane.....................................91 SEVEN: Welcome to Eloise.................................107 EIGHT: I Am Family.......................................125 NINE: Lost and Found.....................................141 TEN: Castles in the Air..................................157 ELEVEN: The Old Neighborhood.............................175 TWELVE: The Cigar Laborer................................191 THIRTEEN: Invisible......................................209 FOURTEEN: One of the Thousands...........................227 FIFTEEN: The Ghosts of Radziwillow.......................247 SIXTEEN: Abandoned.......................................265 SEVENTEEN: Dad's Secret..................................281 ... read full excerpt from: Annie's Ghosts ebook

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