War was raging in Europe and the Pacific, but in a small town in New England, two young women were waging their own personal battles. Thrown together by sheer happenstance, their lives will be entwined for decades to come. And a baby girl will grow up, the product of a secret that must not be told - ever Or will it? Can beauty arise out of ashes? Can anything good emerge from brutal beginnings? Adopting a child is not for the weak at heart. Being adopted isn't either.