Book excerpt: How could this have happened? They always paid their bills. Yet, on a cold December morning in 1951, this happy, thriving family of nine -- parents and seven young children -- found themselves suddenly evicted and homeless. Even their warm winter clothing had been carted away! As their humiliated parents scrambled to find any kind of shelter, the kids realized they would be separated from one another and from one or both parents. With no transportation or communication between them, the brothers and sisters from Forest Hills, NY endured a hellish six months missing their old lives and not knowing when they would be together again. Told by each of the six remaining siblings, theirs is a story of finding strength by facing their worst fears. It is a story of one life-changing event seen through six different sets of eyes with lifelong emotional impact for all concerned.