| Introduction | | 10 |
| Chapter 1 | - A midnight knock on the door | 11 |
| Chapter 2 | - Selected for deportation | 15 |
| Chapter 3 | - Life on the farm after World War I | 20 |
| Chapter 4 | - Life before outbreak of World War II | 26 |
| Chapter 5 | - War commences | 38 |
| Chapter 6 | - Journey by cattle truck to the frozen north | 58 |
| Chapter 7 | - Starvation trek to Kazakhstan | 86 |
| Chapter 8 | - Escape from USSR to Persia and freedom | 112 |
| Chapter 9 | - Refugee camp in India | 124 |
| Chapter 10 | - Journey to England | 150 |
| Chapter 12 | - Boarding school | 165 |
| Chapter 12 | - Work and play | 180 |
| Chapter 13 | - Going home | 195 |
| Epilogue | | 217 |