First published 2025
After her mother's death, Eliza returns home to rural Massachusetts to sort through the family's belongings. As she sifts through the remnants of the past, Eliza is confronted with the ghosts of her father's service in World War II - the trauma he carried home, the secrets he kept, and the rift it all created in their family. Determined to understand her father and heal the past, Eliza embarks on a journey into his wartime experiences, uncovering the true cost of his heroism. "Memorial Days" is a poignant exploration of how the wounds of war echo through generations.
Genres: literary-fiction, american-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, 21st-century, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: family-secrets, healing-the-past
Setting: Massachusetts, Rural Massachusetts
Period: World War II
224 pages · Hardcover · Abacus
Content warnings: mental-illness