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The story begins with the author's mother, Norma Herr, who was a gifted pianist but suffered from mental illness. She left her daughters, Mira and her sister, to fend for themselves after her diagnosis at 19. Norma's mental state deteriorated, and she became obsessed with the Nazis and the threat to her daughters' safety. The girls left for college and found themselves with no contact with Norma. When the author and her sister were diagnosed with traumatic brain injury, they sought out the homeless shelter where Norma was living. There, they discovered Norma's storage unit, filled with family photos, childhood toys, and memories that brought back the flood of previous memories that Mira had thought were lost forever.
First publish date: 2011
Genre: Memoir/Family Memoir
Authors: Mira Bartók
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