Anya Karinsky's beautiful life seemed like one long and perfect dream that would spin on forever.But her wonderful world of dances, travel, medical school, and her beloved family ended one day late in the summer of 1939, when Hitler invaded Poland. The bombs that leveled her Warsaw home that day marked the beginning of her soul-stirring odyssey of endurance and escape, through years of horror and Holocaust. Strong when others grew weak, selfless in pursuit of freedom, Anya, once the beautiful, pampered daughter of privilege, turned herself into a survivor whom nothing and no one could destroy. and "A triumph of realism in art. and " - The New York Times Book Review and "Anya is a myth, an epic, the creation of darkness and of laughter stopped forever...A vision, set down by a fearless, patient poet...A writer of remarkable power. and " - The Washington Post