FAMILY STORIES FROM THE ATTIC is an anthology of essays, creative nonfiction, and poetry inspired by family letters, objects, and archives. Nearly two dozen contributors from the United States and Australia tell stories of immigration and migration, loss, discovery, secrets, questions, love, and the search for meaning and identity. Editors Christi Craig and Lisa Rivero bring together both experienced and new authors who will prompt writers and non-writers alike to think about their own family treasures and histories in new and creative ways.

Preface (Christi Craig) Introduction (Lisa Rivero) Wally's World (Kristine D. Adams) When We Feel Invisible (JoAnne Bennett) A New Life (Aleta Chossek) Come Home, Peter (Sally Cissna) If She Had Lived (Gloria DiFulvio) In a Sailor's Footsteps (Julia Gimbel) Exodus Redux (Myles Hopper) Tracing My Father's Admonition (Margaret Krell) Extract of Household Registration (Amy Wang Manning) The Teetotaler (Nancy Martin) Climbing the Crooked Trails (Patricia Ann McNair) I Had a Brother (Carolou Nelsen) In My Office (Joanne Nelson) Leet (Annilee Newton) The Blue Cardboard Box (Pam Parker) Without Words (Ramona M. Payne) She Wrote a Good Letter (Valerie Reynolds) Schnur Family Announcement (Jessica Schnur) They Were Young Once, Too (Meagan Schultz) Syl (Yvonne Stephens) Letters on Repeat from 728 W Spruce St. (Yvonne Stephens) Wind the Fabric Tighter (Kim Suhr) Aunt Becker's Secret (Julie Anne Thorndyke) About the Editors