Thank you @gallerybooks for a copy of this book. Kristin Hamel is one of my favorite historical fiction writers and this was such a heartbreaking story. The story starts with a chance meeting of Elise and Juliette and forms a friendship. The story centers around what you do for your children in the time of war. The sacrifices and heartbreak they both endured broke my heart. I enjoyed seeing how they survived and moved on and seeing them years later as well.