"This book tells my upbringing, sickness, and the everyday hardships that we had during the World War II. Starting with the bombing and the evacuation, getting adjusted to life in the country, about the very lean times after the war and the years after. Also, it tells the good times, the customs in Germany, the almost always absent father, dreams we had to bury and the decision to emigrate to make a better life for ourselves in the United States."--Jacket page 3.