She was raised to be a good German girl. Now everything she believes in is falling apart.
Germany, 1944: Fifteen-year-old Luise Hofmann believes in the Reich. She believes in victory, in sacrifice, in everything she has been taught to believe.
But when her father returns from the Eastern Front haunted and disillusioned, when her friend’s family is torn apart by the Gestapo, and a banned novel forces her to confront the truth about the war, Luise can no longer look away.
Navigating black markets, air raids, and a regime that is both collapsing and tightening its grip, she risks everything to protect those she loves—even as she is still learning who she is.
A powerful novel about courage, complicity, and the cost of keeping your humanity when the world demands otherwise.
