With courage, grace, and powerful insight, bestselling author Kristin Hannah captures the epic panorama of World War II and illuminates an intimate part of history seldom seen: the women's war. tells the stories of two sisters, separated by years and experience, by ideals, passion and circumstance, each embarking on her own dangerous path toward survival, love, and freedom in German-occupied, war-torn France - a heartbreakingly beautiful novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the durability of women. It is a novel for everyone, a novel for a lifetime. Haunting, " - Christina Baker Kline, #1 bestselling author " . . . Read this book." - Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff, Director of the University of Miami Holocaust Teacher Institute "Beautifully written and " - Sara Gruen, #1 "A WWII novel about courage, brutality, love, survival - and the essence of what makes us human." - story." - "An enormous story. Richly satisfying. " - Anne Rice page-turner." - . . . a satisfying slice of life in Nazi-occupied France." - Jewish Book Council "Expect to devour in as few sittings as possible; the won't allow any rest until all of their fates are known." - "I loved ." - Lisa See, #1 "Powerful. . . " - People