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Predicated on the author's discoveries about her great-grandfather, this stunning debut novel takes place over three days when World War II involves the doorstep of a typical German family residing in an idyllic rural village nearby the Swiss border. When World War II breaks away, Edith and Oskar Eberhardt move their family - their little girl, Marina; son-in-law, Franz; and granddaughters - out of Berlin and into a small house in the silent town of Blumental, near Switzerland. An associate of Hitler's case, Oskar is fully gone most of enough time, and Franz commences fighting with each other in the battle, so the women of the home are left to their silent lives in the picturesque village. But life in Blumental isn't as idyllic as it appears. An egotistical Nazi captain terrorizes the people he's assigned to protect. Neighborhood friends spy on each other. Some mysteriously fade away. Marina has a lover who also offers close ties to her family and the federal government. Thinking none of them show her hatred of the Reich, she joins a Protestant priest smuggling Jewish refugees above the nearby Swiss boundary. The most recent "package" is two Polish women who've lost the rest of these family, and against her better common sense, Marina discovers she must cover them in the Eberhardts' cellar. Everything is set to go well until Oskar returns with the news headlines that the Führer will be visiting the area for a concert, and he will be making a residence call on the Eberhardts. Predicated on the author's discoveries about her great-grandfather, this incredible debut, full of love, tragedy, and suspense, is a delicate portrait of a family torn between doing their work because of their country and doing what's right because of their country, and especially for those they love.
