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What We Inherit is a powerful memoir about the deeply human yearning for answers in the face of loss. It's also a devastating indictment of the U.S. Government's callous treatment of MIA families and, by extension, of the soldiers who risk and lose their lives fighting for America. The arrogance of the military and intelligence agencies displayed in this story is not surprising, but it is breathtaking. The disillusionment of this military family is one of the saddest aspects of this beautiful book.

As compelling as the story is the quality of the writing and the novel structure of the narrative. So much is impossible to know in this true story, and it's difficult to sort out the secrets and lies from the simple gaps in evidence or witnessed history. Yet Rotondi draws her own and her grandfather's grief like strong thread through the missing pieces. Their alternating perspectives complete the puzzle of this family memoir with unexpected emotion.