This book is an extraordinary true story about the life of a very special woman of our time. It covers the years of her life from 1940 to 1978, we learn of resilience during World War II, of tenacity during the early years after the war and the special learning curve necessary for a young girl as she grows into a young woman in a family struggling to survive in difficult circumstances!During this growth her early teens bring eventual ill health and an amazing spiritual experience in a hospital bed that starts a quest to find a relationship with a deity which proves to be hard to come by. One is drawn to continue reading about a life which brings sorrow and joy in equal measure especially when the sought after adoption of a special child is concerned. That struggle to survive in her early years appears to haunt this life which draws you in even deeper to discover how an individual actually gets through the trials and tribulations which consistently beset it!