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Veronica's Grave: A Daughter's Memoir
by Barbara Bracht Donsky
She Writes Press
Trade Paperback

From the author's website:

When Barbara Bracht’s mother disappears, no one tells the young girl that her mother has died. She is left a confused child whose father is intent upon erasing any memory of his dead wife. Forced to keep the truth of her mother’s existence from her younger brother, Barbara struggles to keep from being crushed under the weight of family secrets as she comes of age and strives to educate herself despite her father’s stance against women's education.

A coming-of-age tale of loss and resilience, the memoir shows the healing power of literature– from Orphan Annie and Prince Valiant in the comics to the incomparable sleuth Nancy Drew — to offer hope where there is little.

Veronica s Grave shows the psychological costs of families who keep secrets and the importance of pursuing one’s dreams and passions. Told in the young girl’s voice, the memoir asks the reader to consider what parents owe their children and how far a child need go to make things right for her family.