A River in Darkness
by Masaji Ishikawa | 
Seabiscuit
by Laura Hillenbrand |
Down the Rabbit Hole
by Holly Madison |
Lady in Waiting
by Anne Glenconner | 
Upstairs at the White House
by J. B. West | 
Escape from Camp 14
by Blaine Harden |
Highest Duty
by Chesley B. Sullenberger |
Having Our Say
by Sarah L. Delany | 
Oscar Wilde
by Richard Ellmann |
Nigger
by Dick Gregory |
Kaffir Boy
by Mark Mathabane |
The Translator
by Daoud Hari |
The Sisters
by Mary S. Lovell | 
The Invisible Wall
by Harry Bernstein | 
Running on Red Dog Road
by Drema Hall Berkheimer | 
The Wolf at Twilight
by Kent Nerburn |
By Chance Alone
by Max Eisen | 
Virginia Woolf
by Hermione Lee |
Hons and Rebels
by Jessica Mitford | 
Without You, There Is No Us
by Suki Kim |
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.