Greta and her young son, Nick, narrowly escape death during the bombing of Dresden in February 1945. Undertaking a daring drive through war-torn Germany, they flee to be reunited with her family in Essen. While Greta's husband, Kurt, is imprisoned by advancing Russian troops, she is caught off guard by André, a French POW who falls in love with her. Will Kurt find his family the way he left it when he escapes from prison? In , author Harald Lutz Bruckner takes us on an exciting journey that touches on the bitter and the sweet. It is a story of faith, hope, and love rising above the ruins of a defeated country.