Amidst the horrors of the Spanish Civil War, one girl struggles to keep her family alive. Trapped in enemy territory during the Spanish Civil War, an impetuous, painfully nervous girl from a Catholic military family is called upon to put aside her worst fears and take charge of her young brothers, mentally ill mother and tortured prisoner-of-war father. In the process she unwittingly demonstrates the true meaning of bravery and loyalty. Based on the childhood & adolescent years of the author’s mother-in-law in Madrid.