This extraordinary memoir describes the circuitous journey taken by Anka Voticky and her family in search for safety from the Nazis occupying Czechoslovakia --

“It can start with a knock on the door one morning. It is the local Indian agent, or the parish priest, or, perhaps, a Mounted Police officer.” So began the

"A blend of memoir and investigation of the choices we face when our terror of death collides with the technological imperatives of modern medicine"--

Knocking on the Door assesses this near-miss in political history, exploring how HUD came surprisingly close to implementing rigorous antidiscrimination policie

Knock! Knock! What's that? Open the door . . . It's a spotty cat!