The main charactersof the novelby RobertBober-MonsieurAlbertand his wife,Leah, and their childrenRafaeland Bettyand employees, seamstress,Gladilschikov, each of whomlost loved onesin the tragedy ofthe Holocaust, andhemiraculously survivedafter passingthe Nazi concentration camps.The tragicand comicnotesare combinedin the narrative,in the speeches ofthe charactersandthe characters.