Another historical fiction which I kept expecting to descend into stereotype, but never quite fell over that cliff. The heroine had one night of passion and came up with a nasty VD. But the issue is really when this happened--during WWI, when many women, both prostitutes and others, were rounded up and placed in detention camps. Frieda is a wonderful character, and her reactions to her situation ring true. And it doesn't end completely perfectly (though for a while signs were pointing to a fairy tale ending)--which was exactly right.