Author of the newly-released Veronica’s Grave: A Daughter’s Memoir, she is a Phi Beta Kappa magna cum laude graduate of Hunter College, with a doctoral degree from Hofstra University.
Told with true literary sensibility, this captivating memoir asks us to consider what it is that parents owe their children, and how far a child need go to make things right for her family. Barbara Donsky is a native New Yorker, born in what was once called ‘the beautiful Bronx’. Author of the newly-released Veronicas Grave: A Daughters. The story is not only of loss and resilience, but one showing the power of literature-from Little Orphan Annie to Prince Valiant to the incomparable Nancy Drew-to offer hope where there is little. Barbara Donsky is a native New Yorker, born in what was once known as the beautiful Bronx. Forced to keep the secret of her mother's existence from her younger brother, Barbara struggles to keep from being crushed under the weight of family secrets as she comes of age and tries to educate herself, despite her father's stance against women's education. When Barbara Bracht's mother disappears, she is left a confused child whose blue-collar father is intent upon erasing any memory of her mother. New York Public Library Top Pick Summer 2017
2017 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award: Silver for MemoirĢ017 National Indie Excellence Awards: FinalistĢ017 Independent Press Award: Distinguished Favorite for MemoirĢ016 Beverly Hills Book Awards: Memoir FinalistĢ016 Readers' Favorite:Silver Medal for Non-fiction Memoir
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