Retrospect (Paperback)

In the aftermath of the First World War Julia, a young Hungarian woman in Budapest, is working hard to contribute to the family’s income.

In her late twenties Julia marries Sándor but then told by her doctor that she must not have children. Julia stubbornly ignores the advice and risks her life to have a son, Tommy.

In the following years and decades both mother and son are forced by circumstances to draw upon their determination, courage, wit and self-preservation to