With a delicate but ironic touch leavened with gentle humor, the awardwinning author of Another Year in Africa , Safe Houses , and Last Walk in Naryshkin Park presents characters ranging from a political activist under house arrest to the chi...

They came from the stetl to a new land, to a new life. Another year in Africa, they said, another year in exile. The old world of pogroms is challenged by their new lives in Africa and the child Ruth is haunted by memories of tragedy and persecu...