<strong>A Michigan Notable Book for 2010</strong><br><strong>One of the <em>Washington Post Book World's</em></strong> "Best Books of 2009," Memoir<p><strong>Beth Luxenberg was an only child. Or so everyone thought. Six months after Beth's death, her secret emerged. It had a name: Annie.</strong><p><strong>Praise for <em>Annie's Ghosts</em></strong><p>"<em>Annie's Ghosts</em> 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."<br>--Bob Woodward, author of The War Within and State of Denial<p>"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."<br>--Tony Horwitz, author of <em>A Voyage Long and Strange</em> and <em>Confederates in the Attic</em><p>"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."<br>--Deborah Tannen, author of <em>You Just Don't Understand</em> and <em>You're Wearing That</em><p>"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."<br>--Helen Epstein, author of <em>Where She Came From</em> and <em>Children of the Holocaust</em><p>"A wise, affecting new memoir of family secrets and posthumous absolution."<br>--<em>The Washington Post</em><p>"<em>Annie's Ghosts</em> 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."<br>--<em>The Detroit Free Press</em>