When the Diamonds Were Gone

The true story of one child''s journey from World War II-ravaged Europe to America—and the challenges he faced in making the nation his home.After a grueling and dramatic escape from occupied Poland in 1939, at age eight, Julian Padowicz and his mother arrive in America in 1941 with big plans.Julian''s beautiful, former socialite mother Barbara wants to write a memoir and regain her former social ...