This collection, one of the best books about the Holocaust, includes the story "The Shawl" - it was included in many anthologies - and the story "Rose", published after the story. In "The Shawl" the heroine of the story in a concentration camp, in the story "Rose" “She managed to survive in a prosperous America, but her life is still determined by the horrors of the past. Time does not always heal, not all wounds heal and not everyone heals. Only thirty years later, on the threshold of old age, will Rose be able to overcome her grief.