Every Generation: Family Secrets and Their Consequences October 19, 2010

Steve Luxenberg, associate editor at The Washington Post, is the author of the acclaimed non-fiction book Annie's Ghosts: A Journey into a Family Secret, an account that is part memoir, part social history, and part detective story. Luxenberg, whose family emigrated from the Ukraine to Detroit in the early 1900s, uses his investigative skills to understand why his mother hid the existence of her younger, disabled sister, Annie, who was committed at age 21 to Eloise Hospital, a psychiatric facility in Wayne County. This is a moving and disturbing story that Luxenberg tells with insight and grace. It also reveals largely forgotten aspects of the history of twentieth century Michigan and Ann Arbor's neighboring counties.

Held in the Hatcher Library Gallery.
Book signing will be at 6pm, with lecture at 7pm.
Free and open to the public.
Public parking is available in the structure at 650 S. Forest, just south of S. University.

This is The Tenth Annual Horace W. Davenport Lecture in the Medical Humanities, presented by The Center for the History of Medicine. Cosponsored by: Office of the President; Office of the Provost; Institute for the Humanities; Department of Family Medicine; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Department of English Language and Literature; Program in Science, Technology, and Society.