The book is in like new condition with tight binding and bright, clean pages. There are no markings. Please see the photos. ~ A gripping story of flight, refugees, privation, defeat, moral quandaries, growth and healing through music -- a powerful anti-war statement from a woman's perspective. One year is recounted, telling it as it really was -- from January, 1945 to January, 1946 -- as the action moves from Eastern Germany to the British occupation zone in the west, to Gdansk, Poland.