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From the 1941, Emilia Romagna. Lili and Esti have been best friends since meeting at the University of Ferrara; when Esti’s son Theo is born,;they become as close as sisters.;There is a war being fought across borders, and in Italy, Mussolini’s Racial Laws have deemed Lili and Esti descendants of an ‘inferior’ Jewish race, but life somehow goes on--until Germany invades northern Italy,;and the friends find themselves in occupied territory. Esti,;older and fiercely self-assured,;convinces Lili to flee;first;to a;villa;in;the countryside to help hide a group of young;war orphans,;then to a convent in Florence, where they pose as nuns and forge false;identification papers;for;the Underground. When disaster strikes at the convent,;a critically wounded Esti asks Lili to take a much bigger step:;To go;on the run with Theo. Protect him while Esti can’t. Terrified to travel;on her own, Lili sets out on;an epic;journey;south toward Allied territory, through Nazi-occupied villages and bombed-out cities,;doing everything she can to keep Theo safe. A;remarkable;tale of;friendship, motherhood, and survival,
