From awardwinning author Siobhan Daiko comes an epic novel of love betrayal and finding where you truly belong.1943Lidia De Angelis has kept a low profile since Mussolinis laws wrenched her from her childhood sweetheart. But when the Germans occupy Venice she must flee the city to save her life.Lidia joins the partisans in the Venetian mountains where she meets David an English soldier fighting for the same cause. As she grows closer to him harsh German reprisals and her own ardent patriotic activities threaten to tear them apart.Years laterWhile sorting through her grandmothers belongings after her death Charlotte discovers a Jewish prayer book unopened letters written in Italian and a fading photograph of a group of young people in front of the Doges Palace.Intrigued by her grandmothers refusal to talk about her time in Italy Charlotte travels to Venice in search of her roots.