A British woman recalls coming of age during World War I - a story of young love, the futility of war, and how to make sense of the darkest times.
Post World War II, a British colonel and his wife are assigned to live in Hamburg during the post-war reconstruction, but tensions arise with the German who previously owned the house.
An American woman spends more than ten years tracking down her daughter who was abducted and taken to the Middle East by the child's father.