Beginning in Krakow, Poland, in 1890, and spanning more than 100 years, five generations, and four continents, Mosaic, is Diane Armstrong's moving account of her remarkable, resilient family. This richly textured portrait follows the lives of Liela and Daniel Baldinger and their 11 children from the turn of the century through the Holocaust to the present, and comes to a powerful climax with the author's search for her heritage. With the language of a great storyteller and the eye of an historian, Armstrong illuminates the triumphs and tragedies of this extraordinary family.