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Then Rachel finds a name scribbled into the old children's book he used to read to her, which leads her to a French village with a dark and dangerous past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNothing can prepare Rachel for what she finds behind the orphanage's crumbling façade.\u003cstrong\u003e But as her own future becomes entwined with her grandfather's wartime secrets, she will learn just how much courage it takes to follow your heart.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA breathtaking, emotional historical novel that will sweep you away to World War Two France, to the dangers of Nazi occupation, and the hope that prevailed in the darkest of times. 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