This is a sensitive book, rich in understanding and common sense. It will put the reader in touch with what it is like to be an addictive person, and what must be done to bring the person back from being an outcast. As the author explains in a respectful way, how the afflicted feels, he includes, biological, psychosocial, and family damage caused by the chemicals being used. His effect is to created ways to deal with addiction, along with new possibilities. This book can be helpful to all who are involved in the world of addiction; it is straight forward.

You are transported back to a time and place that is recognizable, l970, West Germany, an American GI, a Jewish-German girl with an illness are about to meet. It is a romance story that will be read and reread continuesously. The author says,