Lisa’s dad is dying. He has 6 months because of a motor neurone disease. Her father never talked about the past, but now he finally is. He survived the holocaust. But kissing her boyfriend Adam means she doesn’t have to face her father’s past, or his future, she can stay right here and now.

This book is really powerful. This book is based on Zail and her father’s real stories with some creative licensing, such as Zail’s own age at the time her father passed, with Zail being 37, not 17. But in her authors note she shares that the holocaust stories are those of her own fathers. She says she wrote the story so we don’t forget. So reading this at a time where the world is allowing these things to repeat itself is interesting and uncomfortable all at once.