Silent Women
Margot is an ambitious young mother who attempts to rebuild her life after the death of her husband. Struggling with her life as a widow, she and her daughter, Erika, begin to rebuild their lives in post war Germany. Margot yearns to move to a new country to start a new life after meeting the man who would become her second husband. Her second child, Anna, is born in America.
The story begins with Erika and Anna as grown women making a painful and necessary decision: to place their senile mother in an institution. These women thus come together at the end of Margot’s life to forgive, reconcile, and unravel a powerful family secret that has kept them silent for decades. The reader is drawn into a compelling story as it recounts the lives and loves of these strong women. From Germany to New York to Montreal, the story moves and reverberates with Berzins Leuzy’s eloquent and strong voice. Lucidly written and artfully rendered, Silent Women will stay will you long after the final page is read.
Read what others are saying about Silent Women:
“Ingrid Berzins Leuzy gives life, voice and truth to three generations of women, whose lives were irreparably damaged by the men they chose to marry. Silent Women is a book that is perceptive, touching and graceful and will propel readers to examine their own secrets, and how those secrets hurt the ones we love.”
—Alain Zaloum, Filmmaker
“The silence in Berzins Leuzy’s first book is deafening. Each of the women carry a burden larger than themselves. Silent Women reminds us of the power of the past in shaping our future, and the sooner we have the courage to face the unimaginable, the stronger each one of us will become. This book will not leave you untouched. It will give you hope, but only if we choose to tell the truth.”
—Gina Valle, Educator, Editor of Our Grandmothers, Ourselves
Publisher’s website: http://www.eloquentbooks.com/
About the Author:
Ingrid Berzins Leuzy is an independent writer and television director and producer. Berzins Leuzy worked in the field of Gerontology for decades and devotes herself to the telling of their stories. She has recently completed a series of short stories that explore the universal challenges of aging. She lives with her husband and her two children in Montreal, Canada.
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