This taboo-breaking book deepens the understanding of the death of one's parents through the experiences of the author, a daughter of Holocaust survivors.Her parents never communicatedtheir imprisonment experiences, causing Lydia Flem to grow up ina stifling silence thatwas finallybrokenupon their deathsas she emptied the oldhouse. She discovers that the lonely process of bereavement is not only one of grieving, but a chaotic jumble of emotions that range from anger and oppressive, infinite pain to revulsion, remorse, and a strange sense of freedom."