Sara is barely six years old when her beloved father unexpectedly vanishes fromher life. Her mother Ruth a dreamy and reluctant housewife is now left withthree ... » 

Sara is barely six years old when her beloved father unexpectedly vanishes fromher life. Her mother Ruth a dreamy and reluctant housewife is now left withthree small children to bring up and the knowledge that she will somehow haveto pick up the pieces if she is to survive and fend for her family. But Saratakes up a vigil at the window of their dismal apartment refusing to acceptthat her father wont be coming back. To this bittersweet and moving tale ofchildhood and the loss of innocence the author brings the added intensity of apersonal memoir. Ibis is Naomi Ragen at her best her writing charged with asearing emotional truth as she unravels a tale of childhood betrayal and theunending resilience of family love. «