The daughter's tale

The dreams that Amanda Sternberg and her husband Julius had for their daughters are shattered when the Nazis descend on Berlin burning down their beloved family bookshop and sending Julius to a concentration camp. Desperate to save her children Amanda flees toward the south of France where the widow of an old friend of her husband's has agreed to take her in. Along the way a refugee ship headed for Cuba offers another chance at escape and there at the dock Amanda is forced to make an impossible choice that will haunt her for the rest of her life. Once in Haute-Vienne her brief respite is inter­rupted by the arrival of Nazi forces and Amanda finds herself in a labor camp where she must once again make a heroic sacrifice. NEW YORK 2015. Eighty-year-old Elise Duval receives a call from a woman bearing messages from a time and country that she forced herself to forget. A French Catholic who arrived in New York after World War II Elise is shocked to discover that the letters were from her mother written in German during the war. Despite Elise's best efforts to stave off her past seven decades of secrets begin to unravel. Based on true events "The Daughter's Tale" chronicles one of the most harrowing atrocities perpetrated by the Nazis during the war. Heart­breaking and immersive it is a beautifully crafted family saga of love survival and redemption.