My Mother's Autobiography

<p><strong>Silver 2023 IPPY award winner for Best Historical Fiction</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Anne Hope daughter of German immigrants and wife to an ambitious but abrasive husband only wants what is best for her two daughters. In a world of mid-century conformity and female oppression this path is fraught with pitfalls and actions often bring unintended consequences. Anne finds refuge in a summer home within the Colorado woods but a mental-health crisis soon emerges one that will rewrite her sense of self and her family's future. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In this stirring family saga </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>My Mother's Autobiography</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> takes readers on a journey from the highs of the sweeping Colorado mountains to the lows of cold sanitariums: all written with heart-wrenching empathy from the pen of one of Anne's daughters.</span></p>