Riches to Rags

How does a woman find the strength to endure unbearable situations? Newlyweds Anik and Laszl are forced to flee Budapest, Hungary in 1944. The Russians are moving into the German occupied country and America is carpet bombing the city. Anik gives birth to her first child under horrific conditions in a peasant house in Austria. They return to Hungary within a few months and find that their apartment had been bombed. Laszl is a hunted man after it is discovered that he wrote against communism before the Russian invasion. The wealthy lifestyle they once knew has been reduced to living in severe poverty. Another child makes their situation even more of a challenge and scurvy, near starvation, and Anik being the only bread winner, make the next eleven years a living hell. Escaping to Canada during the Hungarian Revolution in 1956, promises to give the family a better life. When the children are grown, the family resettles in America, where more heartache awaits Anik, as adultery, mental illnesses, and failed marriages threaten to destroy the family. Will there ever be peace in their lives? Through it all, Anik remains the rock of the family in this compelling story that will inspire you and lift your spirits.