The book starts out toward the end of WWII when Branko Milisic holds his baby daughter Safranka and hopes she has a better future post-war. However, the fallout from WWII brings additional hardships for everyone, as partisans fight to control the government and Milisic and his family must navigate stressful times. The story jumps ahead to Fran, the older of two half-siblings, who travels to her birth city to learn more about her past. She learns that her father was executed in 1944 after being accused of being a collaborator. However, a major twist is revealed later on in the story. I really enjoyed this story; it was full of WWII and post-WWII history, and the characters were fully developed and had rich details.