The Memory Palace

The Memory Palace is a novella that weaves together two stories. The first story explores with extreme honesty, grace and wry humor, yet without sentimentality, what it feels like to learn that you are dying of an incurable disease, woven together with a related story about a museum of extinct birds and the fantastical efforts made to deny the reality of their death.

Barbara Milman is a writer and visual artist who lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area. Prior publications include Light in the Shadows (Jonathan David Publishers), a book combining prints and text about Holocaust survivors, and Zoe's Journal: How to Become a Real Artist (Red Parrot Press) the fictional illustrated journal of a young woman artist. Barbara Milman has exhibited her artwork in many solo and group shows in the United States and internationally. Her work has received many awards, and can be found in numerous museums and public and university collections. Barbara Milman was a an attorney for 25 years, specializing in civil rights, criminal and public interest law, before becoming a full time artist and writer. She is a graduate of Harvard College and the Columbia University School of Law.