How to Make a Life

Seeking refuge from harm for both themselves and their progeny, Ida and her daughter Bessie flee a pogrom in Ukraine for America—but once there, family secrets, betrayals, and mistakes made in the name of love undermine the lives of their children and grandchildren. Eventually, they all must find the courage to forgive and take comfort in the bonds of family.

Cautand refugiu impotriva raului atat pentru ei insisi, cat si pentru descendentii lor, Ida si fiica ei Bessie fug de un pogrom in Ucraina pentru America, dar odata acolo, secretele de familie, tradarile si greselile facute in numele iubirii submineaza viata copiilor si nepotilor lor. In cele din urma, toti trebuie sa gaseasca curajul sa ierte si sa se mangaie in legaturile familiei.