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In this book, a third-generation victim of the White Terror traces her family history back through this traumatic period. In 2008, the author stumbled across a reference to her grandfather’s final letter in the national archives, sparking an inquiry into her family’s collective memory, and a quest to have the letter finally returned to her family.

Starting from her personal experiences growing up, she begins to uncover the shadows cast over her family by her maternal grandfather, who was disappeared during the White Terror. Through this challenging process, the author helps to restore this period of cruel devaluation of human life to the historical record, while also easing the longstanding tensions between herself and her mother, and addressing the subtle subject of intergenerational trauma. Challenging routine accounts of the White Terror, the book vividly expands our understanding of history by introducing the possibility for collective healing.