Homecoming -- Back in school -- The "tattersall" -- Daddy's coat -- Miki -- A letter from America -- Destination America -- The Barishna -- "I cannot bear the sun!" -- My first job -- I am going on vacation -- A long day -- The certificate -- I will make it after all -- "Until mommy and daddy return" -- Preparing for the climbing expedition -- A rude awakening -- Why won't they believe me? -- Days filled to the brim -- A painful parting -- A lost child -- Dancing in the square -- Gina's secret -- Briha -- The Haganah camp -- "It has come to our attention..." -- Vilo -- Our last chance -- The transport is in jeopardy -- The "screening" -- At the border -- Freedom at last -- Spring in Vienna -- Andy -- My visits to the hospital -- Good-bye, Vienna -- Back in Germany -- Camp Feldafing -- Camp Geretsried -- "So it has come to pass...".
Summary:
In 1945, after surviving a harrowing year in Auschwitz, fourteen-year-old Elli returns, along with her mother and brother, to the family home, now part of Slovakia, where they try to find a way to rebuild their shattered lives.
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