Memoirs of a Middle Child

About the Book

The book describes an average family thrown into chaos due to an accident suffered by its youngest member.  With a background of public discrimination based on color and religion and private feelings about handicaps, the emotions of guilt, pain, jealousy, care, sympathy and love shape and restructure the way the individuals in the family face each other and the outside world.  As caretaking roles develop and move through the family, the book covers fifty years of normal interactions interspersed with highs and lows of emotions.

About the Author

Vorhaus worked for many years as a corporate communications specialist, speech writer, and public relations officer in public and private organizations throughout the United States. She served as Chief Writer and Program Planner for (then) President Nixon's Commission on the Right to Read. In her last twelve years of her professional corporate career, she served as a Personnel Specialist for a major aerospace company. Her articles have been published in national magazines such as "Not Just the Classifieds, The Professional Career Development Magazine" and newspapers including the Los Angeles EXAMINER. She has taught adult education classes including "English for Professionals," "Resume Writing," and "Successful Interviewing Techniques."