In telling her story, Juliana, the heroine of Where Do You Come From?, has to dig deep to face the ghosts of her past while at the same time dealing with the everyday struggles of a woman's life. She is a feminist, a mother, a scholar and a witch whose story begins at a time when war and the threat of war shaped the world. Yet despite the ups and downs, she emerges triumphant as she approaches the end of a life that has been well lived.