These fifteen journeysfourteen of them within Polandtake six years 19401946. The distances vary. Sometimes they are minimal as short as a twostop bus ride in a city or a twentyminute walk and sometimes they are longermuch longer. The traveler is a young girl who we meet at age seven. Along the way she loses her home her family her name her hair and finally her fear. Two things help her on her journeys during these difficult years some lessons from her parents and a large share of luck w