Bøker av John B. Simon

A Palestinian boy experiences the brutal repression of Syria's civil uprising, leaves family and home for a safer country, and eventually arrives in Finland, a society incomprehensibly different from everything familiar to him. Tragically, trauma has affected him in ways that make adjustment to a safe environment extremely challenging.

The history of Finland's Jews, from their origin as conscripts in the Russian army to their survival as cobelligerents with Nazi troops in WWII, is unique. This novel tells their unusual story and that of their adopted country through the experiences of three generations of one family.