In the spring of 1939 in Radom, Poland, three generations of the Kurc family talk around their Seder table about new babies and budding romance, rather than the hardships bearing down on the Jews in their town. But soon the horrors engulfing Europe reach even there, and the Kurcs are flung to the far corners of the world, in this gripping debut novel—a finalist for a National Jewish Book Award—inspired by the author's own family history.