Victoria Freeman Boeken

A World without Martha is an unflinching yet compassionate memoir of how one sister's institutionalization for intellectual disability in the 1960s affected the other, sending them both on separate but parallel journeys shaped initially by society's inability to accept difference and later by changing attitudes towards disability, identity, and inclusion.

This edition addresses the emotional challenges faced by children of military families, particularly focusing on the trauma and loneliness experienced by the author's grandson during his father's deployment to Iraq. Freeman draws from her background in education to provide insights and support for those navigating similar experiences, aiming to foster understanding and resilience in young readers.