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The story opens in Krakow in 1931, as a baby girl is conceived out of wedlock. The child's grandmother, a countess, believes she is protecting her daughter when she claims that they baby didn't survive. In truth, however, she deposits the infant at a remote convent in the French countryside, leaving her in the care of a young governess names Solage. But even Solage's unconditional love cannot protect Amandine, and eventually Solage is forced to choose between the cruel life of the convent and the terrors of war looming outside its doors. With a purseful of worthless francs, the two flee north towards Solage's childhood home.