The Letter Project: A Memoir

I don’t feel so good today, Svensk. My chest hurts, headaches and nervous as hell. I was just thinking today, that you might not accept this wreck that the army will turn back to you after the war. I wouldn’t blame you if you didn’t. (September 1, 1944)

Sharon Barbara was born in 1948, three years after her father was discharged from a military psychiatric hospital. His nervous condition was a mystery to her and a secret source of shame she couldn’t bear to acknowledge, that is, until she r...