After a tragic incident that left her with a deep scar not only in her soul, but also on her face, Sage began to avoid people. She bakes bread at night and sleeps during the day. One day she meets Joseph Weber, an elderly schoolteacher, and becomes close to him despite the age difference. Sage feels like life has finally given her a chance to heal. However, everything changes the day Joseph confidentially reveals his past. It turns out that this kind, attentive and shy man was an SS officer in Auschwitz, where Sage’s grandmother was once a prisoner, who told her granddaughter about the horrors she experienced in the concentration camp. And now Joseph, suffering for many years from the realization of guilt in the atrocities he committed, wants to die and asks Sage to forgive him on behalf of all the Jews killed in the camp and help him die. But does the past give you the right to kill? A fascinating story about the line between justice and mercy from the world famous author Jodi Picoult.