The celebrated author and publisher Elisabeth Sandmann has written a novel that spans decades and asks how far one must go in resistance.

Pat unexpectedly receives a call from BBC presenter Gwen, who is interested in her past. But does she even want to talk about it? After so many decades in which she couldn't breathe a word? Years in which she thought life was still to come? Pat's past leads deep into a little-known chapter of daring women in the resistance who carried out acts of sabotage, sent secret radio messages, had to kill silently, and were constantly underestimated. On a research trip to Paris, Gwen not only uncovers astonishing facts about her audacious grandmother, who lived there during the occupation, but also discovers the key that will allow Pat to confront her own memories.

Pat's story stretches back decades and still feels so explosive today that it takes your breath away when you read it.

Excellently researched, clever and captivating

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