'Three Suitcases and a Three Year Old' is an optimistic account of how, out of tragedy, identity can be recalimed. It is one woman's story of emotion and love, a scientist's story of observation and analysis, and a storyof how anyone can find their way home at the most unexpected times and to places that may have only existed in the imagination and the heart. Ann Mihkelson's parent's fled their homeland of Estonia at the end of the Second World War, just days before the Soviets made any escape impossible. Ann, their only child, was born in Sweden. When she was three, the family left for...

There is a human curiosity to know where you have come from in order to know where you are going. On the journey historical and political events shape our lives. Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President of Estonia says, 'It is not the depth of the crisis but rather our behaviour during the crisis that will show us who we truly are.' 'The view from here' explores below the surface of compelling family stories, of what people today do not talk about, maybe do not know enough facts to talk about, and which will be forgotten when the older generation is gone. Why do they hold onto their truths? A...