In this true and haunting story beginning in Switzerland in the 1600s and in its second half becoming a personal memoir of her childhood, Mumaw tells of how the two family lines came to meet and merge. The Brenneman Shenks' section relates descriptive stories of Melchior Brenneman and family while the King section focuses on stories of Samuel Koenig's family. (224pp. illus. DreamSeeker Books, 2000.)