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100 1  Bartók, Mira. 
245 14 The memory palace /|cMira Bartók. 
250    First Free Press hardcover edition. 
264  1 New York :|bFree Press,|c[2011] 
264  4 |c©2011 
300    305 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
505 0  pt. 1. The order of things -- pt. 2. The new world -- .  
       pt. 3.  Palimpsest. 
520    A gorgeous memoir about the 17 year estrangement of the 
       author and her homeless schizophrenic mother, and their 
       reunion. 
520    Before she was struck with schizophrenia at the age of 
       nineteen, beautiful pianist Norma Herr had been the most 
       vibrant personality in the room. She loved her daughters 
       and did her best to raise them well, but as her mental 
       state deteriorated, Norma spoke less about Chopin and more
       about Nazis and her fear that her daughters would be 
       kidnapped, murdered, or raped. When the girls left for 
       college, the harassment escalated- Norma called them 
       obsessively, appeared at their apartments or jobs, 
       threatened to kill herself if they did not return home. 
       After a traumatic encounter, Mira and her sister were left
       with no choice but to change their names and sever all 
       contact with Norma in order to stay safe. Then one day, 
       Mira's life changed forever after a debilitating car 
       accident. As she struggled to recover from a traumatic 
       brain injury, Mira reached out to the homeless shelter 
       where she believed her mother was living and discovered 
       that Norma was dying. At the hospital, Mira discovered a 
       set of keys that opened a storage unit Norma had been 
       keeping for seventeen years. Filled with family photos, 
       childhood toys, and ephemera from Norma's life, the 
       storage unit brought back a flood of previous memories 
       that Mira had thought were lost to her forever. 
600 10 Herr, Norma Kurap,|d1926-2007. 
600 10 Bartók, Mira. 
650  0 Children of the mentally ill|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  0 Mentally ill parents|zUnited States|vBiography. 
700 1  Herr, Norma Kurap,|d1926-2007. 
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