An ordinary little girl is born into an extraordinarily violent world. What are her chances? She is tossed around by life. What kind of a life awaits her? Will she get lost without guidance, will she be a bad girl, will she be abused, will she be a user of others – or, can she find her way and willpower to fight for becoming who she wanted to become.  Katherine survives World War II, loses her father, reunites with her mother post-concentration camp, joins an underground orphaned children’s rescue movement, boards the doomed refugee ship SS Exodus, and survives, returns to the homeland, begins to live and grow there when a bloody Revolution breaks out and the family is on the go, escaping communism. Once again, new country, new language, new rules, assimilation. Her true story is a textbook about setting goals; about how the discipline of sports carries throughout life. From heartwarming to hilarious, Katherine's life is proof that  being unprepared and unqualifed should not stop anyone from evolving into a manyfaceted Rennaissance woman.