The Smaller Share: A Memoir

Mira Tierney is growing up in the 1980's, but her conservative, religious parents mentally still live in the 1950's. She has an older brother with a learning disability who gets the lion's share of their parents' time and attention. As a girl, Mira is trained to minimize her accomplishments to protect her brother's self-esteem. As the "normal kid" with no special needs, she is supposed to be her brother's keeper. As her mother's daughter, she is expected to learn to do without. This memoir ...