Elena lost her piano in the bombing of Leningrad, but nothing could stop her dream of playing at Carnegie Hall in America. When Father announced they would walk to Germany, straight into the hands of the enemy, she continued to dream. Later, living under brutal conditions in a camp where she was forced to play for her captors, her dream began to slip. How long could she survive the relentless cold, the hunger, the humiliation of begging crumbs...