In 1944 , Rosy Kanarek is imprisoned in Bergen-Belsen, struggling to survive and to protect her young daughter, Zahava, from the horrors that surround them. Sixty years later, Zahava opens the suitcase her mother left for her. It reveals an incredible archive of documents, photographs, and letters from the wartime years, all perfectly preserved. The discovery prompts Zahava to revisit the past and tell the incredible story of one family's journey from the depths of despair to hope...and survival. The book traces her journey from appalling childhood experiences in concentration camps in Holland and Germany, and tells of the astonishing twists and turns that enabled her entire immediate family to survive in the bleakest of conditions