In a Mirror Dimly

<p><em>Through a Mirror Dimly</em> reflects the tumultuous life of a daughter born to a Catholic mother from Manhattan and a Jewish father from Brooklyn -she is a self-proclaimed Jew-wop-y. Familial violence is juxtaposed against political and cultural innocence creating a childhood of uncertainty and contradiction. Mental illness and her parents' divorce play leading roles and usher our heroine to the altar at age 17.</p><p>From Greenwich Village to Queens Long Island and the Bronx... to Colorado and California... and then back to New York in Westchester County her youth is shaped and overshadowed by a mother who exacted a steep price because of mental illness. </p><p>Fuzzy memories of abuse and dysfunction crystalize into images that clarify the woman she became. Poignant-and at times comic-Satinoff recounts the experiences that created her broken inner self and the burgeoning faith that ultimately leads her to acceptance and forgiveness. </p>