The Life That Jack Built tells the dramatic, uplifting story of Jack Pechter, who as a 10-year-old Polish Jew is caught up in World War II and with his family spends four years on the run throughout Eastern Europe to elude the Nazis. Their escape and living conditions are harrowing, including time in Siberia, later being sheltered by a Muslim family in Uzbekistan, and living in a DP camp. Jack and his parents and sisters eventually immigrate to the...