Anna's family fled to America years ago, escaping Mussolini's black shirts when they began rounding up Italian Jews, but Anna had stayed behind. Alone and terrified of discovery, Anna meets Father Vittorio, a Jesuit priest who takes her to shopkeepers Bernardo and Silva, an older couple who offer shelter and safety without question. But when Anna discovers that this kind, quiet couple is part of a network of ordinary people daring to help Father Vittorio smuggle Jewish citizens, stripped of their status and rights, out of Italy, she is determined to help.

Anna offers skills essential to the cause: she has a deft hand at ledgers and forgery, talents she learned at the high-powered job she held before the Racial Laws were passed-a past she conceals. Working in secrecy, not knowing others' real names or sharing her own, Anna begins producing fake identity cards and soon meets another member of the operation: a man known as Mr. X., whom sh

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Mediatyp: Bok
Bandtyp: Häftad
Författare: Kat Devereaux
Förlag: Harper Collins USA
Språk: Engelska
Omfång: 272 sidor
Mått (bxhxd): 135x203x17 mm
Vikt: 5 gram
Illustrerad: Nej

Streckkod: 9780063389984
SKU: 722867