After her mother, who had Alzheimer's, died, the author stored many of her mom's possessions in the attic where they stayed until recently when the Mihaly decided to use the photos, objects and ephemera as elements in 3-dimensional collages. Those compositions, that also include stored items from her own life, are combined with text in "The Attic" to create pieces that describe, honor and memorialize the people, places and things that shaped the artist. The results are often funny, frequently painful, sometimes joyous, but always powerful.