With the Gestapo pounding on every door no Jew in Athens is safe Theo Kantos a dress shop owner has a desperate choice to make if he is to save his family Does he trust the most despicable man he knows to hide them Or does he place the lives of those he loves in the hands of a communist And what does he do about his obstinate brother who always has to have the last word SIX CONTEMPORARY SHORT STORIES follow the title novella All are about dramatic events and choices that alter the course of lives and form who we are