What do war and persecution spanning four continents inflict upon five generations of a single family?One of the most renowned Dutch writers of the last century Gerard Reve once said: You recognise reality by its improbability. Rooted in the author s own reality yet crafted as a novel 100 Years of Family is a narrative within a narrative exploring the improbable fates of great-grandparents grandparents parents children and grandchildren whose stories unfold then later and even now.