Ebook {Epub PDF} Secret Girl: A Memoir by Molly Bruce Jacobs

This is at the crux of Secret Girl, a touching, revealing, and heartbreaking memoir of one woman discovering both her sister and herself. Molly Bruce "Brucie" Jacobs recounts her childhood: her distant parents, who cared more about keeping up appearances than showing their emotions; her rebelliousness; and her development as an alcoholic. For one daughter, that secret would haunt her for years but ultimately compel her to take surprising risks and reap unbelievable rewards--the story of which forms the stunning narrative of this remarkable memoir. When Molly Bruce Jacobs, the family's eldest daughter, finds herself newly sober at the age of thirty-eight, she finally seeks out and comes face-to-face with this secret: Anne, a younger sister who /5(35). For one daughter, that secret would haunt her for years but ultimately compel her to take surprising risks and reap unbelievable rewards―the story of which forms the stunning narrative of this remarkable memoir. When Molly Bruce Jacobs, the family's eldest daughter, finds herself newly sober at the age of thirty-eight, she finally seeks out and comes face-to-face with this secret: Anne, a younger sister who /5(34).

Secret Girl tells both Anne's story and Molly's, addressing what it was like to learn of her sister's existence and how Jacobs felt when she finally welcomed Anne into her life. In a review for Booklist, Carol Haggas calls the book "a graphic account of one family's physical loss and one woman's emotional gain.". Go through the journey of Molly from her teenage years to her late 30's when she finds out the biggest secret of her life. Molly and her family live in Baltimore, Maryland. The novel is based all around Baltimore, even in Molly's adult life. Molly is the main character. If you chose to read the book, it will mostly revolve around her and her. Secret Girl: A Memoir by Molly Bruce Jacobs (St. Martin's Press )(Biography). The author was the eldest daughter in a family of several children. She had a hydrocephallic younger sister who was also mentally retarded who had been surrendered for adoption/institutionalized by their parents. At 38 years of age, the newly sober author sought.

A Memoir, by Molly Bruce Jacobs '81LAW (St. Martin's Press). Secret Girl begins with its author and protagonist, Molly Bruce Jacobs ’81LAW, driving into Baltimore on a gray November day in to meet her sister, Anne. But this is no ordinary sibling reunion. For one daughter, that secret would haunt her for years but ultimately compel her to take surprising risks and reap unbelievable rewards―the story of which forms the stunning narrative of this remarkable memoir. When Molly Bruce Jacobs, the family's eldest daughter, finds herself newly sober at the age of thirty-eight, she finally seeks out and comes face-to-face with this secret: Anne, a younger sister who was diagnosed at birth with hydrocephalus ("water on the brain") and mental. For one daughter, that secret would haunt her for years but ultimately compel her to take surprising risks and reap unbelievable rewards—the story of which forms the stunning narrative of this remarkable memoir. When Molly Bruce Jacobs, the family's eldest daughter, finds herself newly sober at the age of thirty-eight, she finally seeks out.