Imprint investigates how family silence and historical violence shape bodies, minds and lineage. After a near-fatal birth and the death of her grandmother, the author confronts chronic illness and an overwhelming grief that pushes her to uncover hidden family history.

Using vignettes, letters and hybrid forms, the narrative traces ancestors lost in the Holocaust, the secrecy that followed, and a mother raised unaware of her Jewish roots. The book explores the idea that trauma can leave biological and psychological marks — a kind of genetic imprinting — and asks what it means to pass truth to the next generation.

Measured and intimate, the memoir blends personal revelation with historical inquiry. It will appeal to readers interested in family history, trauma studies, memory and the connections between body and past.

• Hybrid memoir and family history
• Themes: intergenerational trauma, Holocaust legacy, memory
• 207 pages; Caitlin Press, 2017

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