She was so sure she knew her family’s story...

1969: When Mattie Taylor’s twin brother was killed in Vietnam, she lost her best friend. Now, with her mother dying, Mattie goes back home, despite blaming her father for Mark’s death. Mama’s last wish is that Mattie read some old letters, insisting they hold the answers Mattie is looking for.

1942: Ava Delaney is living with her mother-in-law on a secluded farm in Tennessee after her husband’s death at Pearl Harbor. As Ava works for the military, she crosses paths with Gunther Schneider, a German who is helping care for wounded soldiers, and they become friends.

In the midst of pain and loss two women come face-to-face with their own assumptions about what they thought they knew.

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