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As Hitler's noose tightens around Hungary during the early 1940's, two Jewish teenagers, Lili and Fritz fall in love in Budapest. Together they navigate the deadly perils surrounding them. Streets away, a Nazi officer attempts to protect his family from the rapidly changing political chaos. Their lives intersect on a lonely trail in the Alps where a tragic encounter occurs. Seventeen years later in New York, the lives of two families deeply affected by that tragedy intersect once again as hidden events from the past are revealed. Based on Holocaust memoirs, this novel explores the burden of buried secrets and the healing potential of forgiveness and shared humanity.