A German aristocrat, the wife of one of the conspirators killed after the failed assassination attempt on Hitler, attempts to fulfill her promise to protect the widows and children of the other conspirators. She returns to the once beautiful stone fortress in the mountains with her children, the wife and son of her dearest friend, and another woman and her children who had been in a camp for displaced persons. But Marianne von Lingenfels has trouble reconciling her staunch ideals with the reality of their post-war lives. She feels betrayed by the others when she discovers their secrets and as they attempt to make new lives for themselves even if that means developing relationships with those who had been Nazis. There is some reconciliation among the characters but not until after her interference creates a tragedy. This book seems to be longer than it is because of the amount of difficulty and sadness within the story.
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