In July 1938 Alice and Emile Pothron left New York for a six-week vacation in France, the land of their birth. It would be four years before they saw America again. This is the true story of what one family had to endure when Germany invaded France in May 1940. It tells of hardship, endurance and courage under Nazi occupation, In particular, it is the story of one mother's fight for her survival and that of her small daughter, Evelyne.