This is a fascinating piece of multigenerational family history, truly reflecting how hard the 20th century was on some families. (In some ways it is a complementary tale of Hungarian Jewish history to the one presented in István Szabó's “Sunshine”.) The author, who herself can reflect, based on her first hand experiences, on some of they key decisions that some of her ancestors have made, and she really tries her best to give an even handed evaluation of these often hard and fateful decisions.
But at the same time, to me at least, it seems like there was a lack of proper editorial oversight. Events are presented roughly chronologically, yet this also means that sometimes very short pieces of information are just presented without making a proper connection with the previous or later chapters and paragraphs. Hopefully in later editions these can be corrected.