Publisher's Synopsis
A novel inspired by a family story.
Eva, a young Jewish woman who grew up in a downtrodden home in Vienna, arrives at a Zionist students' convention where she meets David, a student who left this hometown in Poland and arrived at Vienna to study at the university. They spend time together, but their ways part when David leaves for Palestine.
Leon, Eva's son, born in Vienna between the two World Wars, suffers the wrath of his father. He wonders why his mother, Eva, doesn't leave the father, who is also abusive towards her.
Leon is kicked out of school, wanders the streets and finds understanding and solace in his uncle's house. Following the German occupation of Austria, he is abandoned and left to fend for himself in the streets of Vienna. He joins the underground, where its members smuggle Jews out of Vienna and across the Austrian border, revealing his unique ability to help many get away from harm's way.
The escape journey holds many risks and breathtaking drama.
A terrible family secret weighs down on his past all those years.
Will he find out the truth?
The story of David, Eva and Leon serves as a backdrop to the life of the Vienna Jewry before and during World War II.
