Driven by cataclysmic world events, the story encompasses the lives of three generations of women.
In a confrontational scene Paulina hands over her family\'s pre-war correspondence that she calls her "Paper Children.
She explores the Holocaust and searches for her roots.
A solitary young woman, she becomes curious about the family\'s past.
The Third book deals with Mimi, Sarah\'s daughter.
Sent on assignment to the Displaced Persons camps in Europe, Sarah is shaken loose from her faith and pursues a hedonistic path.
Book Two begins in 1940 following Paulina\'s daughter, Sarah, as she pursues a careerin photography.
From a vantage point in New York she endures a difficult marriage and slowly becomes aware of the destruction of her large extended family in Poland as the Nazis tighten their grip on Europe.
In Book One, Paulina, the privileged daughter of aristocrati parents, reluctantly follows her driven businessman husband to America in 1929.
Driven by cataclysmic world events, the story encompasses the lives of three generations of women
