Publisher's Synopsis
The engine that powered this book was from Irene's personal experiences as a child who survived the WW II - Holocaust.
Irene's story continuously evolves in a variety of places and adds mystery to this adventure. She and her husband joined a Canadian Elder Treck tour. They undertake a fantastic adventure trip on challenging roads that very few westerners had experienced. They traveled on the Silk Road, Karakoram Highway the highest paved road through Pakistan, Kyrgyztan, and Kashgar China and eventually reaching Uzbekistan the destination where her parents and sister died. After 52 years, Irene's desire was to visit and find her parents' and little sister burial place in Andijan Uzbekistan. She lived in hardship but in a friendly Muslim Uzbek environment. In 1998, she continued her search to resolve her feelings of longing to dedicate her parent's and her little sister's death. Irene's strength is survival.
