It's so hard to objectively review this book. It's the Holocaust... it's Auschwitz. It's more horrible beyond horrible. And it's about a survivor. It's so hard to be happy while reading this book, and yet, it's a survivor. Someone who made it through. But... that someone is a grump, a miser, a racist (yes, that's ironic), and his son is trying to deal with all that. As was I. A good book. Makes one think.