ThestoryofthechildhoodandyouthofPeterHeller,oneofthefirstchildrentobepsychoanalyzedbyAnnaFreud.TotellthisstoryVivianHellerdrawsonawealthofprimarysources,includingherfather’scasehistoryandhisinternmentdiary,usingnovelistictechniquestobringthepastalive.WhileinAnna’scare,Peter’snativeViennaslidesintoFascistbarbarismandheisforcedtonavigateanincreasinglydangerousworld.HefleestoEnglandonlytobedeportedtoCanada,whereheisinternedasaGerman-speakingforeignnational,asituationthatputhimamongJewishrefugeesandNaziP.O.W.’s.
