To ten-year-old Suse Hansen, the fighting in Europe seems far away from the blue skies and quiet streets of her Bay Area home in Mendoza, California -- despite newspaper war photographs and the tense radio broadcasts. But Pearl Harbor changes everyth...
The lives of three generations of a Danish family are interwoven to illustrate that while times may change, the most sympathetic and admirable of people can remain trapped by circumstances and their own humanity. Reader's Guide included. Reprint....