Publisher's Synopsis
Born in 1947 to a family decimated by the Holocaust, Ildiko Scott's memoir chronicles a life which began in post-war Hungary, and is the story of a young girl's faith which enabled her to overcome fear and poverty and realize her dream of a new life in America. After the divorce of her parents, young Ildiko spent part of her youth in a Jewish orphanage in Budapest where she witnessed the Hungarian revolution of 1956 and the Soviet occupation that followed. After an unsuccessful attempt to escape the country with her father, Ildiko was eventually able to immigrate to America, where she found a new life and an enduring love, and enjoyed a long and successful career in the. fashion industry.