a heart wrenching, well written memoir by mira bartok, and the story of her schizophrenic and homeless mother. bartok and her sister spent seventeen years hoping that their mother would never find them - her schizophrenia caused her to obsess over both of her daughters lives - calling them fifty times a day or more, appearing unannounced at their jobs and homes, threatening them if they suggested that she get treatment for her illness and violently attacking them.
at age forty, a car accident left bartok with a debilitating brain injury - she retrained herself to draw and write, but her memories were lost to her. when she learns that her mother has terminal cancer, her sister and her decide to visit their mother before it's too late - bartok begins to connect with memories she fears were lost for good.
haunting, tragic, and deeply moving.
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