When childhood grief is silenced, mourning lasts a lifetime.
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This is her first book.
A former Clevelander, Lev has lived in Israel since 1967.
She spent thirty years writing this book.
About the author Judy Lev (Labensohn) is an award-winning author, writing teacher, and Pushcart Prize nominee.
Our Names Do Not Appear opens mesmerizing windows into the complexities of family trauma and grief that take hold over decades.
Lev\'s book introduces play and imagination as integral parts of the grieving process.
The process of revealing family secrets buried decades ago launched a journey into imaginative grief-processing, in which she crafts alternative scenarios to Joey\'s life and death and rewrites her own life story.
In a moving memoir that blends fact, fiction, and personal essays, the Pushcart Prize nominee seeks a longing for closure, while grappling with her anger at being silenced.
Veteran author and writing teacher Judy Lev (Labensohn) brings us the touching 70-year-old story about the death of her baby brother, Joey, and its devastating impact on her family history.
When childhood grief is silenced, mourning lasts a lifetime