Truly one of the most beautiful, poignant, heart-breaking, informative, horizon-expanding, mental border-crossing, brilliant books I have ever read. If a book can make you cry in its opening pages and again in its closing pages, it is something special. I could not recommend this highly enough. Pick up a copy now and start reading, even if you are in the middle of something else. I want to give this book to everyone I know. I'm so grateful Frances Stonor Saunders has given it to us.