London 1988: Agata grew up in post-war Prague and believes that her mother was the only member of her family to survive the Holocaust.But not everyone died. Agata's search for her 'lost' family, set against the background of revolutions in Eastern Europe, threatens to tear apart not only the family she already has, but her own identity.

Anna Fodorova was born in Prague, and was stranded in England by the Russian invasion in the 60s. She has made TV animation films, written TV film scripts, worked as lecturer in art colleges, and is now in private practice as a psychotherapist.Her children's book:'Carlo the Crocodile', was published by A.C.Black, and her novel'The Training Patient', and a story included in'Tales of Psychotherapy', were published by Karnac.With Arachne Press, Anna has stories in'Stations' and in'Liberty Tales' before her second novel'In The Blood'