Hidden Inheritance

Family secrets. Revealed identities. Finally understanding why and who you are. This memoir explores one woman's discovery of her family's past, which completely redirects her sense of identity and future. When critically acclaimed author, Heidi Neumark, Lutheran pastor and minister to marginalized communities, discovers her family's hidden Jewish roots and tragic holocaust losses, she begins a journey into memory, family history, and biblical reflection. She gains an understanding for how this newly revealed history though unseen has influenced her work, views of herself and her work with ostracizes communities. A profoundly personal as well as universal exploration of identity, vocation and faith, the author of the well-known Breathing Space continues her exploration and "dares readers to follow her onto tough corners and into harsh places---streets of pain and blood and sorrow" to find new questions, new resolve and hope for their lives.