An Award-Winning Author
Battling numbing cold, ever-present hunger, and German soldiers determined to hunt them down, four dozen resistance fighters hide in a Ukrainian forest, resolute to survive the war, sabotage the German war effort, and rescue as many Jews as they can from the trains taking them to concentration camps. When they hear about the advances being made by the Soviet Army, the partisans prepare for what they know will be a furious attack on their compound. In the heartbreaking aftermath, the survivors emerge from the forest to care for their wounded, and grimly confront a world that is surprised by their existence - and profoundly unwelcoming.