I really enjoyed this memoir. I have read several books about WWII in the past, but not many about the years after WWII taking place in communist countries. Just because Hitler and the Nazis were on the losing end of the war, it didn't mean that everything for European Jews was all of the sudden sunshine and rainbows, and this book is one girl's story about her childhood in the years after the war.

This was very readable. I was nervous when I first chose this book that it was going to be too dense or dry for me to connect with, but I was compelled from the very start of the book. That being said, the writing is relatively simplistic, with very little description or anything beyond: Thing A happened, then Thing B happened, then Person One said this, etc. But at the end of the day, I wanted to read her story. I wanted to know what was going to happen.

There are some family pictures about 3/4 of the way through this book that are really interesting. I would've liked even more of them. I also would've liked to know more about what happened after the events she chronicles in the book. Did her Aunt and Uncle ever get their passports? How did they eventually get to the United States? I don't see any of these things as being spoilers, as the author's bio states that eventually she came to the US.

I'm really glad I gave this book a chance. I feel like this would appeal to anyone who likes historical fiction, specifically WWII historical fiction, and anyone who likes more straightforward narration and slice-of-life stories.