Poland 1944. A young woman’s love for her fiancé plunges her into danger when she transports a gun for him. Arrested by the Gestapo she reinvents herself as a prostitute innocently carrying a parcel for one of her clients. With a mixture of courage, cunning and sheer good luck, she faces down her interrogators and protects the love of her life. But at what cost to her and the people that she meets on the journey of through unimaginable horrors. The Gestapo complete their investigations and send Marta to Ravensbruck, a concentration camp for women, where harrowing scenes test her resilience every day. Blending imagination with historical fact and the memories of an exceptional woman, Marta relates the story of her exotic family to provide a mental escape from the surrounding hell. Astonishingly, Marta survives to witness the aftermath of war, but what will the future hold and will she ever see her fiancé again? A tale as gripping as it is moving, which offers us a unique insight into the mind of an exceptional woman and whose moral and physical courage are almost beyond belief.