The award-winning journalist writes critically, lovingly, and unsentimentally. Maxim Leo's family was like a small GDR. It embodies much of what was once important in this country: the hope and faith of the founding fathers, the disappointment and maneuvering of their children, who did not want to simply share the dream of socialism, and the relief of the grandchildren when it was finally over. In this family, the struggles that could not take place on a larger scale were fought out on a smaller level.