The war is far behind. But the lives of those it touched with its deadly claws are shattered. Young Belgian Liliane once knew only hunger, escape, and hiding from the Nazis, and now she is slowly fading from tuberculosis. Her life is a race against death. The girl wants to live out the rest of her days fully, to taste true freedom, to experience happiness—even if only as an episode in the life of the man she loves. But fate has its own plans…
