Liz Trenow

The war changed everything for Lily Verner. As the Nazis dominate Europe, Lily cannot travel and goes to work at her family's silk weaving factory. The war also brings Stefan to Lily: a German Jewish refugee who works on the looms.

With the end of the First World War, Rose is looking forward to welcoming home her beloved husband, Alfie, from the battlefields. But his return is not what Rose had expected. Traumatised by what he has seen, the Alfie who comes home is a different man to the one Rose married. As he struggles to cope with life in peacetime, Rose wrestles with tempt