Once again, another World War 2 book, but it's not. This is what happens after the war, after the prisoners are released from the concentration camps. There are lost family members, and in this book, a young girl is trying to find her younger brother because her parents went in the left line, to the gas chambers. So after some time in the hospital for physical and mental therapy, she goes on an adventure looking for her only surviving relative. Along the way she ends up in a refugee type camp where she makes friends and finds an mysterious man. Seeing her strength and yet long lasting effects from cruel situations creates a very robust character, coupled with other survivors who have their own stories.
This is definitely a book that thinks beyond the war, to those who are effected from the war in 1946. A definite must for any shelf of those who love historical fiction, or are just ready for a good perspective.