The book begins and ends with the visits to give the impression of a tunnel into their ancestors and family history. I believe in going backwards into the past - I felt I was digging a tunnel back to the past.
“I really wanted there to be something in my life that I enjoy just for the beauty of it.”
“War is a beastly business, it is true, but one proof we are human is our ability to learn, even from it, how better to exist.”