This is a moving and uplifting account of two women whose lives intersect bringing both a renewed sense of purpose, healing and redemption. Audrey James, born in Berlin before WW2, training to be a concert pianist, lives with her best friend Ilse Kaplan and her family. As Hitler's antisemitic laws come into force, Audrey has to risk her life to protect her friend from deportation and the death camps. Meanwhile, in 2010, in this dual-time line story , we meet Kate, recently involved in an accident that killed her parents, about to divorce her husband who is drifting through life in a haze of grief. This book explores difficult, emotionally-charged themes with care and thoughtfulness, and urges the reader to value every moment of life, and to grab happiness with courage and love.