A gripping novel about a seemingly charmed marriage and a mysterious disappearance at sea.

Adriana Nardi is only 10 years old when Allied forces occupy her island home during World War II, plaguing the Italian village with violence and uncertainty. Amdu is a Senegalese soldier who abandons his comrades and befriends Adriana. Decades later, 60-year-old Adriana revisits her memories of the war and her doomed relationship with Amdu, even as a present crisis threatens her life.