Germany, 1945. The baker's daughter Elsie Schmidt is still a very young girl, she dreams of love, of her first kiss - just like in a Hollywood movie. Her family feels protected because a high-ranking Nazi likes Elsie. But one Christmas Eve a Jewish boy appears on her doorstep. And from that moment on, Elsie hides him in the house, not believing that she is capable of this in the midst of the last spasms of World War II. An inexperienced girl does what so many are unable to do - overcome hatred and fear, and in times of universal chaos such nobility is especially precious. Sixty years later, in Texas, young journalist Reba Adams is looking for a good Christmas story for a local magazine. Her search leads her to the bakery, to the aged Elsie, and from the first awkward conversation, true friendship gradually grows. Elsie's tragic story will help the Rebbe to love and trust, and not run away from herself. Sarah McCoy wrote a novel about truth, about love, about fearlessness and inner honesty - about everything that people do at their own peril and risk, because they simply cannot do otherwise .