SOLVED. Non-fiction book about handicapped child committed and forgotten

[Andy]

A few years ago I heard an interview with the author of a non-fiction book about someone's whose younger sibling was committed to a mental asylum as a baby - the older sibling kind of remembered the child who was sent away, leading to the title "Where's /name/?". This was more than 6 or 7 years ago I think. Any ideas?

[T]

I'm thinking the author was male and it was his sister...was the child still alive and they had a reunion before the book was written?

[Diana]

The title doesn't fit your memory, but it sounds similar to Secret Girl by Molly Bruce Jacobs.

Can you remember if the author was male or female?

[Andy]

T wrote: "I'm thinking the author was male and it was his sister...was the child still alive and they had a reunion before the book was written?"

That sounds right.

[M—]

I can only think of the novel The Memory Keeper's Daughter, which matches on some of your details, including the right timeframe, but is fiction.

[Andy]

Found what I was looking for - "Where's Molly," but it's not a book - it's a documentary. Found it when I thought to search the NPR archives http://www.npr.org/templates/story/st...

[Kate]

OK if I shelve this as "solved -- other?" Since it is a documentary, that seems a good place for this to go.

[Andy]

Yes, it's solved. Thanks