They say she is insane, and lock her away in a sanatorium. No longer able or willing to speak, the woman relives her tormented past through writing her hidden diary, relating the salient events that brought her to this point. Born into an elite minority, her childhood tale is of vicious maltreatment at the hands of a mother obsessed with glamour and wealth. With the elite overthrown in a violent revolution, she survives the ruthless brutalities of incarceration in a prison camp, with the help of her husband-to-be. After they flee their homeland, they build a privileged life elsewhere, but much as she struggles to maintain a shaky hold on the pretence of ‘normality’, the birth of their son sets off an inevitable journey towards disintegration that eventually lands her in the present—institutionalized, unsafe, and unsound. This powerful and poignant narrative reveals her horrifying experiences of human cruelty, her battle to survive her past and her present, and her own shocking secrets. Book is available on lulu.com @ https://www.lulu.com/shop/search.ep?k... Ebook: http://www.lulu.com/shop/mahra-casden... Softcover: http://www.lulu.com/shop/mahra-casden...