In this gripping family tale, Catherine Ehrlich explores her Austrian grandparents’ influential lives at the epicenter of European conflict. Weaving her grandmother Irma’s spellbinding memoirs into her narrative, Catherine profiles a charismatic woman who confronts history with courage and rebuilds lives—for herself and Europe’s dispossessed. In Prague, Vienna, London and New York, the remarkable Irma uses her pride as her superpower and inspires readers young and old.