"Spanning six generations and three continents, My Name, a Living Memory is a novel based on theoretic saga of author Giorgio van Straten's family from the Napoleonic era through World War II. The story begins in Rotterdam in 1811, when Hartog son of Alexander - father, cucumber salesman, and Dutch Jew - is forced by Napoleonic edict to choose a last name. He chooses Straaten, the Dutch word for "street."" "The name presages a journey through history...