A renowned concert pianist presents the moving true account of her mother's escape from pre-WWII Vienna to 243 Willesden Lane, an orphanage in London, where, among many Jewish refugees, she formed everlasting friendships, found love, and won a scholarship to study piano at the Royal Academy of Londo[...]
"Extraordinary...Rich in irony and regret...[the] people and settings are vividly realized and his prose [is] compelling in its simplicity."THE WALL STREET JOURNALAs the world slips into the throes of war in 1939, young Maciek's once closetted existence outside Warsaw is no more. When Warsaw falls, [...]