In Footsteps to Dawn the reader becomes a part of each chapter and follows spellbound through the many happenings of childhood that are depicted with sensitivity, tenderness and love, and at other times may even repel him because of their raw and utter truth. The events, although private, are at the same time universal. They slowly chip away the thin varnish of innocence in our lives to uncover inklings of what we shall become as adults. Footsteps to Dawn holds the mystery of childhood in part predicts the future.