All her life, Zofia has found comfort in two things during times of
hardship: books and her best friend, Janina. But no one could have
imagined the horrors of the Nazi occupation in Warsaw. As the bombs rain
down and Hitler's forces loot and destroy the city, Zofia finds that now
books are also in need of saving.
With the death count rising and persecution intensifying, Zofia jumps to
action to save her friend and salvage whatever books she can from the
wreckage, hiding them away, and even starting a clandestine book club.
She and her dearest friend never surrender their love of reading, even
when Janina is forced into the newly formed ghetto.
But the closer Warsaw creeps toward liberation, the more dangerous life
becomes for the women and their families - and escape may not be
possible for everyone. As the destruction rages around them, Zofia must
fight to save her friend and preserve her culture and community using
the only weapon they have left - literature.