The story is about a boy who is sent to the north to live with his grandmother because of his parents being occupied with World War II.

[1][2] One reviewer called the book "a heart-warming nonfiction account of his childhood".

[3] In a review in The New York Times, Patty Campbell praised the book's "grave humor" and "almost unbearable poignancy".

[2] A review in Kirkus summarized the book as "a memorable evocation of a special time and place, grounded in authentic insight into deeper truths".

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