This book has four major themes. Firstly how Sasha and Olga survived the Stalinist purges and the Nazi holocaust to come to South Australia as refugees; secondly, the experiences of a migrant family living in Adelaide in the 50’s and 60’s including her mother’s mental illness and experiences in Glenside Mental Hospital; thirdly, the disintegration of Eva’s family and her 30 years estrangement from her family and fourthly the reconciliation with her father after 30 years and her journey of discovery to find her relatives in the Ukraine. ( )