Description: "What did it mean to be a Jewish child in Italy at the beginning of the century?" Carla Pekelis asks herself. "As a matter of fact, nothing, absolutely nothing!" But shortly, as fascism began its march through her homeland and racial laws slowly constricted her world, Carla would learn that being a Jew in Italy might indeed have a profound meaning and dire consequences. Her recollections form an absorbing, nuanced portrait of a life transformed, and a world transfigured, by the relentless currents of history.
Review Quotes: "Pekelis's engrossing memoir describes growing up Jewish and Italian before and during the emergence of fascism, as well as her family's turbulent flight across Western Europe to the United States." --Forward