Pam Jenoff

Devastated and pregnant after her soldier boyfriend's plane crashes, Holocaust survivor Marta marries a caring British Diplomat. Soon, however, she learns of a communist spy in British intelligence, and the one person who can expose the traitor is connected to her past.

Nineteen-year-old Emma Bau's world is turned upside down when Germany invades Poland, and after only six weeks of marriage, her husband Jacob, a member of the Resistance, is forced to flee. Emma assumes a new, Christian identity and finds work as secretary to the charismatic Kommandant Richwalder. Emma vows to use her unique position to gather intelligence for the Resistance - by any means necessary.

Roger Dykmans, a university student, is living with his brother Hans, an international emissary who's secretly working against the Nazis. As time goes by, Roger finds himself increasingly drawn to Magda, Hans' Jewish wife. When Magda and her young daughter, Anna, are arrested by the Nazis their secret world is turned upside down.