Part memoir, part family history, part fiction, this readable book explores one man's search for his origins. Growing up in New York and surrounded by old family friends from Czechoslovakia, the author tries to unravel his family history after his parents are dead. He uncovers a love story, acts of great resistance, the assassination of Heydrich, acts of great personal courage and heartache. This story brings a very personal side to the tragedy of Czechoslovakia following Munich 1938. Rivetting.