Isabel Allende weaves together two timelines in this haunting novel that spans Vienna in 1938 and present-day circumstances of displacement. When five-year-old Samuel Adler's world shatters during Kristallnacht and his father vanishes, his family faces an impossible choice to survive. Through interconnected stories of loss, separation, and resilience, Allende explores what it means to be uprooted and how hope endures across generations.
