What happens when the daughter of a WWII resister discovers her father's hidden letters?
A memoir of war, displacement, and finding home across three continents
What This Memoir Offers
A Family's Journey Through History: From WWII resistance to 1960s activism, one family's search for a more perfect world
Witness to Transformation: Firsthand accounts of school integration battles, anti-war protests, and India during political upheaval
The Cost of Idealism: What happens to the children of dreamers who refuse to accept the world as it is
Meet the Author
Joyce Mills is a writer, retired public health nurse, and advocate for healthcare justice.
Born in Canada to a traveling family of artists, she came of age during America's 1960s and 70s upheavals. She holds an MS in Community Health Nursing from UCSF and an MA in U.S. History from San Francisco State University.
A speaker on social transformation and human agency, Mills writes about consciousness, collective loss, and finding hope in disrupted times.
Her memoir, Letters from Fallen Empires: An American Daughter Speaks, reflects on family mythology and America's place in the world from a perilous present. She lives in Oakland, California.
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