Annie's Ghosts

AMichiganNotableBookfor2010OneoftheWashingtonPostBookWorld's"BestBooksof2009,"MemoirBethLuxenbergwasanonlychild.Orsoeveryonethought.SixmonthsafterBeth'sdeath,hersecretemerged.Ithadaname:Annie.PraiseforAnnie'sGhosts"Annie'sGhostsisoneofthemostremarkablebooksIhaveeverread...FrommentalinstitutionstotheHolocaust,frommothersandfatherstochildrenandchildhood,withitsmysteries,sadness,andjoy—thisbookisoneemotionalride."—BobWoodward,authorofTheWarWithinandStateofDenial"SteveLuxenbergsleuthshisfamily'shiddenhistorywiththeskillsofaninvestigativereporter,theinstinctsofamysterywriter,andthesympathyofalovingson.HisrediscoveryofonelostwomanilluminatestheshockingfateofthousandsofAmericanswhodisappearedjustagenerationago."—TonyHorwitz,authorofAVoyageLongandStrangeandConfederatesintheAttic"Istartedreadingwithinminutesofpickingupthisbook,andwasinstantlymesmerized.It'sarivetingdetectivestory,amovingfamilysaga,anenlighteningifheartbreakingchapterinthehistoryofAmerica'streatmentofpeoplebornwithwhatwenowcallspecialneeds."—DeborahTannen,authorofYouJustDon'tUnderstandandYou'reWearingThat"Thisisamemoirthatpushesthejournalisticenvelope...Luxenberghaswrittenafascinatingpersonalstoryaswellasareportonourcommunalresponsetothementallyill."—HelenEpstein,authorofWhereSheCameFromandChildrenoftheHolocaust"Awise,affectingnewmemoiroffamilysecretsandposthumousabsolution."—TheWashingtonPost"Annie'sGhostswillresonateformany,whetherthechordshavetodowithfamilysecrets,theDepression,memoriesofathrivingDetroit,theHolocaust'shorrors,ortheimmigrantexperience."—TheDetroitFreePressAMichiganNotableBookfor2010OneoftheWashingtonPostBookWorld's"BestBooksof2009,"Memoir