Annies ghosts a journey into a family secret luxenberg steve 9781401310196 amazoncom books buy new 1442 free shipping on orders over 2500 shipped by amazon arrives sunday dec 27 ships from amazoncom sold by amazoncom list price 1600 save 158 10. Annies ghosts a journey into a family secret by steve luxenberg was my book club selection for june it was the great michigan read selection in 2013 14 after his mothers funeral luxenberg discovered a secret aunt and set on a quest to discover annie and why she was kept secret. Beth luxenberg was an only child or so everyone thought six months after beths death her secret emerged it had a name annie steve luxenbergs mother always told people she was an only child it was a fact that hed grown up with along with the information that some of his relatives were holocaust survivors. Steve wrote annies ghosts a journey into a family secret to tell the story of his quest that uncovered the truth of annies existence and her life in a mental institution what would cause his mother to keep annie a secret from her husband and children for over fifty years what was annies story why was she institutionalized. Annies ghosts is an engaging and tragic story of a young woman who became literally a non person under the institutional care of her time and place and in the plain sight of her physician and social worker caretakers but deliberately out of the sight of the family member that could and should have intervened