A historical account of the Russian civil war and its consequences, this historical novel offers an unforgettable heroine. A few weeks after the October Revolution of Bolshevism, with the outbreak of civil war, this argument ensues in the home of the Ras family and the Jewish Jewish community about who should make the long trip to Canada to find their father.

Odessa left to work in Winnipeg to send money to the family to join him, but no one has heard from him for months. Despite her objection to her younger brother, she is 17 years old and has been nominated for this impossible task.

Moscow has left the newly built Siberian railway, facing fluffy armies, hungry beggars, violent demonstrators and its own hunger, but it challenges the odds when it meets a young guard. This vivid, carefully researched picture shows the violence of time and explains why many Russian Jews left for America - all within the scope of an adventurous love story.

A brief historical and political summary of events about Clara's travels is presented at the beginning of each chapter.

I want that book.