These fifteen journeys--fourteen of them within Poland--take six years, 1940-1946.
Two things help her on her journeys during these difficult years: some lessons from her parents and a large share of luck, which never deserts her..
Along the way, she loses her home, her family, her name, her hair, and finally, her fear.
The traveler is a young girl, who we meet at age seven.
Sometimes they are minimal, as short as a two-stop bus ride in a city, or a twenty-minute walk, and sometimes they are longer--much longer.
The distances vary.
These fifteen journeys--fourteen of them within Poland--take six years, 1940-1946