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The timing of this book is quite remarkable and shows Robert Tyminski's sensitivity or even “uncanny” awareness (a theme he relates to immigrant experiences) of unfolding events in the Zeitgeist. Immigration is an enormous and fraught issue globally that is played out on multiple levels every day extending from political rhetoric, alliances and conflicts, to the plight of unaccompanied individual children abandoned at the border between the US and Mexico. The war in Ukraine has made all too clear the terrible dilemmas inherent in leaving one's home country for another, even when doing so is intended to perpetuate the lives of generations to follow. Those who have fled have done so rapidly separating them from other loved-ones left behind, along with a sense of place, known culture and language; those who receive refugees must absorb distressed mothers, children and families into systems that may already be overburdened. The many elements of this wellresearched, carefully considered and synthesized book are much needed by caregivers around the world as they face how best to approach psychological, social and educational assistance for immigrants and refugees as wars continue, environmental disasters persist and viral infections seem to be unstoppable. Feelings of isolation, alienation and anxiety are abundant and the longing for belonging is profound … amongst immigrants and clinicians!