The work is currently touring internationally. Roth began as a freelance photojournalist in Los Angeles working for both the Los Angeles and New York Times as well as Time Magazine. But her self-financed personal documentary project took her 28 years to complete and from Yugoslavia to Vietnam, Cambodia, Japan, Germany, and the American midwest. She found that "even in times of crisis, people do want to speak." Roth photographed and interviewed the woman left behind to maintain the home while fathers, husbands and sons went off to fight. Although it was difficult to be immersed in others' pain, both Roth and Aguirre said they wouldn't have it any other way.