New copy - delivered FREE to any NZ address in 7-9 business days

A gripping story of love- death and danger in Nazi-occupied France from the bestselling author of The Throwaway Children. When Adelaide Anson-Gravetty finds out her father is not the man who raised her- she is both shocked and intrigued. Determined to find out more about her new family- she travels to the convent of Our Lady of Mercy in France to meet her aunt- the Reverend Mother. But when France falls to the German army- Adelaide and the nuns are soon in the thick of a war that threatens both their beliefs and their lives. Collaborating with the Resistance- sheltering Jewish orphans- defying the rulings of Vichy France: these are dangerous activities in dangerous times. These courageous women must give all theyve got in order to protect the innocent from the evil menace of the Nazi war machine....