Hidden Inheritance
Family Secrets, Memory, and Faith
- History & Biography
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Published: 2021
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Publisher's Description
Heidi Neumark's life changed when a few computer keystrokes exposed generations of family secrets, raising questions she could not answer: How did she never know of her grandfather's murder? Or that her grandmother was a death-camp survivor? Why had the family history and faith been hidden? What did this mean for her work as a pastor, community organizer, and advocate with marginalized and oppressed communities? Seeking answers to these questions, Heidi traveled across the ocean and into the depths of her soul to encounter a family and spiritual heritage she never knew she had. For any who have had secrets, closeted identities, and silence shape their lives, Heidi's journey is more than a spellbinding memoir. It's also a courageous call to discover what can happen when all that has been hidden is finally brought to life.
Endorsements (4)
“This is a family tree worth climbing.”
“Faced suddenly, and quite unexpectedly, with her family’s history of horror, Heidi Neumark has written a memoir that is by turns intimate, spellingbinding, and revelatory. It moves me to even talk about this courageous, beautiful book!”
“Hidden Inheritance is part detective story, part memoir, but most of all an exquisite meditation on the fractured family of Christians and Jews as seen by one who now lives in both worlds. There is much to be learned from this story, much to be repented, and much to be felt. A book not only to be read but absorbed.”
“Ultimately this is an inspiring and beautifully told true story of death and rebirth.”
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