The Butcher's Daughter: A Memoir

Florence Grende knew from childhood on that something evil resided in her household, separate from the rages and tears that gripped her parents--that evil an entity her parents called Der Melchome, The War. It rested in her parents' thick silences as they forged on to create a new life in America, ignoring the impact of the past. A past that, sheltered in shadow, that haunted them all.

In short chapters divided into three sections, Grende leads the reader on a journey of discovery and beyon...