On February 16, 1944, Anne Frank recorded in her diary that Peter, whom she at first disliked and eventually came to love, had confided in her that if he got out alive, he would reinvent himself entirely. This novel is the story of what might have happened if the boy in hiding had survived to become a man.Peter arrives in America, the land of self-creation. Successful in business and rich in love, Peter looks for all the world like a new man, and, by his own choice, just to be safe, he passes as a Christian. In the boom years of 1950s America, he thrives in the present, plans for the future, and has no past. But there is a cost to his charade, and paralyzing memories of his experiences in the Annex in Amsterdam are triggered when The Diary of a Young Girl is published to worldwide acclaim. It is his story too, and once the floodgate of memory is open, his life spirals out of control. Read Less