I locked the door to the apartment that had been my home for many years and where I had been so happy until recently. I knew that I would never be back again." These are the words that Esther used to describe the beginning of the journey that took her and her small daughter out of Nazi-occupied Warsaw, Poland in 1939 in a quest to save both their lives. This book is a first-person account of a woman's courage and resilience during terrible times.