Category: Literary Fiction Publisher: Christine F. Anderson Publishing & Media
ISBN-10: 0692482881
Type: Fiction
Pages: 272
Copyright: August 20,2015
Price: $15.95 (eBook)
A child is raised among people who will not tell her who she is, and by a woman who sleeps her life away in her living-room chair. No one will tell the child who her parents were, or why they preferred to die in the desert without her than to stick around and watch her grow.
An old man topples to his death from the top of the stairs. A strange woman lets herself into the house with a key claiming to be next of kin.
Hidden is a story of a pain so deep no one can talk about it.
Excerpt
"Everything is different here. No contradictions, no fiddling with ideologies, moral codes, religions, regulations—all of which depleted me so when I was mortal.
I couldn’t bear the burden.
So, I’ll tell you what happened. I’ll tell it my way, the way I understand things now, with that unearthly new knack I have of seeing myself from a distance, of getting into other people’s heads."
Professional Reviews
Hidden
"Batya Casper's novella Hidden proves that great things do indeed come in small packages. The story kicks right off with a haunting mystery and traverses backward in time to explore several generations of a Jewish family plagued by tragedy and war. Casper's prose is tight and well-knit, allowing the story to unfold organically without exposition or wasted breath. Hidden is a fantastic read"--Anthony J. Rando
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