Silence of Shame: A Child Caring for Her Bedridden Mother : Turtle Mountain Stories : 9781735396903 : 1735396907 : 18 Aug 2020 : Named one of the Best Books of 2020 by Kirkus Reviews. In this personal narrative, Wendy J. Menara reveals the rare perspective of a child living in the shadow of death, caring for a chronically ill, mentally abusive, bedridden parent. She shares episodes of her life caring for her mother and the heartbreak, at age thirteen, of losing her mother. By the time she entered first grade in the early 1970s, her parents had divorced, her father was rarely in her life, and her volatile, pain-wracked mother was bedridden with multiple sclerosis. With no other options, the optimistic child and her siblings fed, groomed, and cared for their mother's deteriorating body. Though her mother was abusive, Wendy refused to stop loving her. Only after her mother's death would she discover damaging secrets and hidden identities that would forever change her world. Told in