Anna stands in her grandmother's house, surrounded by objects that hold stories no one ever told her. When her grandmother dies, Anna inherits more than furniture and photographs. She discovers letters, documents, and fragments that reveal how war shaped her family across decades. Anna pieces together her grandmother's experience during World War II, uncovering choices made under impossible circumstances. The past emerges through small details: a recipe written in fading ink, a coat hidden in a closet, addresses of people who disappeared. Anna must decide whether to preserve these secrets or break the silence that has defined her family. Her search forces her to examine her own relationships and the weight of inherited trauma. The house becomes a repository of memory, each room holding evidence of lives lived and losses endured.
Genres: literary-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, 21st-century, family-drama
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: family-secrets, inherited-trauma
Setting: Grandmother's House
Period: World War II
Hardcover · Cuckoo Press