Voices Within: Family Chronicles isn't a pretty scrapbook of childhood memories—it's a raw account of survival, silence, and stubborn truth.

From the shadows of a Soviet childhood to the struggles of immigration in America, Lana Stasek traces the raw patterns of trauma, resilience, and identity that shaped her family. She grew up in a place where fear was inherited like furniture, where family secrets weighed more than love, and where women were expected to endure instead of speak. Then she crossed an ocean—only to discover that silence follows you wherever you go.

This book does not soften the edges. It carries the weight of memory, the scars of silence, and the sharp humor of a woman who learned to fight for her own voice. It's not just about one life—it's about the voices of parents, grandparents, and generations marked by loss and defiance, and about the choice to break the chain so the next generation doesn't inherit the same silence.

Blunt, darkly funny, and unapologetically honest, Voices Within asks the universal question: how much of our past lives inside us, and how much can we rewrite for those who come after?

For readers of Jeannette Walls (The Glass Castle) and Tara Westover (Educated), this memoir will resonate with anyone who has struggled with family, identity, or the courage to finally cut through family lies and stand tall.