This Story of Forever: Uncovering My Indian Grandmother's Secret Past

The moving and haunting story of discovering a family history and heritage that was forced into secrecy.

Many of us never know much about the people we come from. Our ancestors, our grandparents, perhaps our parents—even if we know them intimately as a presence in our own lives, we may know precious little about who they were before us.

This was certainly the case for Marianne Jacobbi. Marianne was seventy-two years old when she came across a collection of boxes in her attic. Inside one of ...