Through masterful understatement, the author's story of determination, resourcefulness, youth and luck leaves one with an abundance of life lessons and enormous respect for the remarkable resilience of the human spirit.
"The best Holocaust era memoir I have ever read because of its beautiful simplicity, the power of both what is written and left unwritten, and the intellect of the author which shines through."
--Arlene Rossen Cardozo, PhD, author of Jewish Family Celebrations