This book tells the story of Marianne Ellenbogen, who was nineteen years old at the time of her escape to the underground. She managed to escape the Nazi regime's 1943 deportations, and spent the remainder of the war hiding in various places all over the country. I cannot begin to imagine how harrowing that must have been. The amount of stress you would have to live with, knowing what would happen to you or anyone helping you if you were caught, would be astronomical. This book really gives a detailed image of what life was like for people from all different situations, not just Marianne's. It really makes you think about how hard life is during war time, especially if you are part of a population who is being subjected to genocide.