Lucienne S. Bloch’s lyrical personal essays contemplate the universal themes of memory, belonging, survival, and identity. These thoughtful essays spring from Bloch’s perspective as a refugee from Hitler’s Europe whose parents who longed for, but could never return to, their European lives. Living in but never feeling truly of New York, Bloch has a frame of reference that allows her to capture that city, and life, with unique and meditative insights.