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For decades, a well-to-do Baltimore family guarded a secret they
felt too ashamed to reveal, much less speak of among themselves.
For one daughter, that secret would haunt her for years but
ultimately compel her to take surprising risks and reap
unbelievable rewards--the story of which forms the stunning
narrative of this remarkable memoir.
When Molly Bruce Jacobs, the family's eldest daughter, finds
herself newly sober at the age of thirty-eight, she finally seeks
out and comes face-to-face with this secret: Anne, a younger sister
who was diagnosed at birth with hydrocephalus ("water on the
brain") and mental retardation, was institutionalized. Anne has
never been home to visit, and Molly Jacobs has never seen her. Full
of trepidation, she goes to meet her sister for the first time. As
the book unfolds and the sisters grow close, Jacobs learns of the
decades of life not shared and gains surprising insights about
herself, including why she drank for most of her adult life. In
addition, she gradually comes to understand that her parents'
reasons for placing Anne in a state institution were far more
complex than she'd ever imagined.
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