Ivy Zimmerman is successfully navigating her life as a young Mennonite woman, one generation removed from her parentsâ Old Order Amish upbringing. But when her parents are killed in a tragic accident, Ivyâs way of life is upended. As she deals with her grief, her younger sistersâ needs, the relationship with
her boyfriend, and her Dawdi and Mammiâs strict rules, Ivy finds solace in both an upcoming trip to Germany for an international Mennonite youth gathering and in her great-greatauntâs story about Clare Simons, another young woman who visited Germany in the late 1930s.
As Ivy grows suspicious that her parentsâ deaths werenât, in fact, an accident, she gains courage from what she learns of Clareâs time in pre-World War II Germany.
With the encouragement and inspiration of the women who have gone before her, Ivy seeks justice for her parents, her sisters, and herself.