This story starts with two young adults, full of dreams and hopes, who dare to accept challenges and hardships so as to reach a better future where there will be no hate or persecution. Both possess a healthy self-image spurring them on for action with confidence in the belief that by living in accordance to moral values and practising integrity they cannot go wrong. These are Leopold and Rachel, born in Poland around the turn of the 20th Century; born at a time when the persecution of the Jews was becoming unbearable.

This story looks at what happened when Bettine and her brother, their children, become separated from them in the early part of the Second World War, and presents an enthralling and nailbiting tale of intrigue and human endeavour as people pull together in the misery of Nazi occupation in France, and individuals demonstrate love and humanity in their efforts to combat the evil in some human hearts.

Bettine Le Beau is a successful actress from the 1960s/70s whose book - targeted specifically at a younger audience - sets about accounting for one of the most remarkable human stories of the Twentieth Century.