{"product_id":"annies-ghosts-a-journey-into-a-family-secret","title":"Annie's Ghosts: A Journey into a Family Secret","description":"Beth Luxenberg was an only child. Or so everyone thought. Six months after Beth's death, her secret emerged. It had a name: Annie.\n\nPraise for Annie's Ghosts\n\n\"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\n\n\"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\n\n\"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\n\n\"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\n\n\"A wise, affecting new memoir of family secrets and posthumous absolution.\" -- The Washington Post\n\n\"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\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1401310192\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: HBSV.1401310192.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Luxenberg, Steve\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book  is in good condition and has some writing, underlining, and or highlighting inside. Cover may have some cosmetic wear.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"The Happy Book Stack ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51807074746669,"sku":"HBSV.1401310192.G","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/6799\/6205\/files\/1401310192-0.jpg?v=1770410801","url":"https:\/\/www.thehappybookstack.com\/products\/annies-ghosts-a-journey-into-a-family-secret","provider":"The Happy Book Stack ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}