Heather Morris has written a deeply respectful, sensitive biograpghy of Lale Sokolov without compromise to the genre of story telling. But this is no ordinary story. This is a story that reflects the truly good and utterly horrendous characteristics of human nature that will move you to deep reflection long after you have closed the final page. There is a deep sense that Morris refused to sensationalise or exaggerate Lale’s and Gita’s lives in Auschwitz-Berkenau but copperfastens the human ability to survive at all costs above the most awful atrocities. The afterwords and contributon from Lale’s son, Gary, makes this book more than a novel - but a work of history that Heather Morris has given to a world that continues in conflict.