Bravery, courage, fear, treachery and love in a time of war.

Sabine and her family and friends discover the darkest days are just before liberation as brutality of the Occupation intensifies. Loyalties are stretched to the limits as the inhabitants of Saint-Antoine-de-Double attempt to navigate safely through the occupation.

Set in Dordogne in South-west France during World War II, the friends' relationships and strengths are tested to the limits as life changes in horrific ways, The friends find themselves facing frightening situations and responding in ways they never thought possible as bravery and resistance take different forms in each of their actions.

Vivid and powerful in its illumination of a time and place filled with atrocities but also humanity and extraordinary bravery, Eilidh McGinness's novel will evoke readers to ask - what would I have done?