Janet G. (jess777) - , reviewed on 7/16/2012 + 12 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

During the first few chapters I was beginning to think I had chosen the wrong book to read because it tended to confuse me a bit. But I hung in there and all of a sudden things started pulling together for me. This is the story of one woman's pain and loss during World War II and the effect it had on her family. Her story is so incredible that I didn't want to put the book down. I was totally engrossed in her story and it actually had me crying. I didn't know much about World War II until I read how it affected the people in Russia. My own Grandmother and Grandfather came to the U.S. to just visit America while leaving their only son with his grandparents while they visited the U.S. During the time they were visiting World War II started and they could not get back to retrieve their little boy. My grandmother cried for years over this. They obviously lost all their money once they were here being looked at as imigrants even though over in Russia they were considered wealthy. Once other children started to be born, 17 in all, they never had the money to bring that little boy back to them. It was a very sad story and a true story as to what my grandparents went through. So this book had a lot of meaning for me. I know you will thoroughly enjoy this tale. God Bless Kristen for writing such an informative and historical account of one family's misfortunes and loss. I give it a 5.

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