Plot Summary:Peace within war. An adult voice narrates a story of childhood during World War II when he lived with his mother, brother, and sister on an estate in Australia's Hunter Valley, his father away fighting, and two Italian prisoners of war staying with them, in effect being his papa. They are joined by Jewish refugees from Berlin, a mother and daughter. There's heat between the German daughter, Rachel, and Joseph, one of the Italians, and there's an attraction between Dorothy, the head of the family, and Alfredo, the other Italian. A carriage accident, a tick, the local martinet, Madame Gutman's pride, and the change that comes with peace threaten to bring tragedy. Plus, father may return.
这是一个关于爱和失去的故事。二战末期,多萝西这个在战争中失去丈夫的女人,与三个孩子相依为命,两个意大利军人也与他们生活在一起,多萝西与名叫阿尔弗雷德的相爱了,但是总好像缺点什么,直到两个德国兵的出现……