In Searchlights, Ursula Coleman tells her story- the story of a life shaped by laughter and tears, by the songs of Schubert, and by the explosions of Allied bombs falling on Berlin. Born in the German Province of Pomerania, Coleman"s happy life was shattered by Hitler"s rise to power. Overcoming the destruction of the war years and the loss of her parents during the early years of the Soviet occupation of East Germany, Coleman"s strong will to survive led her to the United States, where life could begin again- filled with new love and a new family.