Author Marion Donhoff, editor and publisher of Germany"s leading newspaper Die Zeit, is known as an outspoken voice of reason and common sense in a country torn by self-doubt, confused pride, and guilty reproach about its past. She is also one of the surviving members of a great and noble family that lived on a celebrated estate in East Prussia, lost to Russia and the Red Army 65+ years ago. At a time when Germans are asking anew what Germany is, she has written a memoir of her magical, happy childhood at Friedrichstein, and of how she came to accept that Germany must renounce claims on its eastern territories forever (publisher note.)