Set in England’s Lake District in the early days of World War II when the Kindertransport of 1938-1940, brought 10,000 predominantly Jewish children to Great Britain for refuge from Nazi oppression. American Claire Stewart becomes stranded on English shores, with five French Jewish children she smuggled across the channel before Nazis stormed Paris. Her estranged aunt is Lady Miranda Langford who owns a magnificent estate. Miranda reluctantly agrees to take the children into her home if Claire will stay to help. Claire is ill-prepared for the daily dramas of raising children, yet she must find a way keep the children safe during this time of war.
