Companion volume to 'Asimir in Vienna' and 'No Gun for Asimir', which received a high commendation in the Australian Human Rights Awards. This personal account of Asmir's father's struggle to escape from war-torn Sarajevo and rejoin his family has been retold by well-known children's author whose other publications include 'The Picnic Dog' and 'Worm Weather'. She received the Advance Australia Award for service to literature in 1990.