A woman, Laura, whose mom disappeared without a trace goes to Italy to see if she can learn her history and why her mom might have left. 

In Italy, she learns of her family's fate in WW2. Their time at a "Red House". A prison where, like internment camps, they are made to work and labor with no food and squalid conditions. 

It's a sad but captivating tale. I felt bad for Laura and what she went through in her young life after her mother left.