FromthenovelbyRosellaPostorinoGermany,1943:Twenty-six-year-oldRosaSauer’sparentsaregone,andherhusbandGregorisfaraway,fightingonthefrontlinesofWorldWarII.Impoverishedandalone,shemakesthefatefuldecisiontoleavewar-tornBerlintolivewithherin-lawsinthecountryside,thinkingshe’llfindrefugethere.Butonemorning,theSScometotellhershehasbeenconscriptedtobeoneofHitler’stasters:threetimesaday,sheandnineotherwomengotohissecretheadquarters,theWolf’sLair,toeathismealsbeforehedoes.Forcedtoeatwhatmightkillthem,thetastersbegintodivideintoTheFanatics,thoseloyaltoHitler,andthewomenlikeRosawhoinsisttheyaren’tNazis,evenastheyrisktheirliveseverydayforHitler’s.Assecretsandresentmentsgrow,thisunlikelysisterhoodreachesitsowndramaticclimax,aseveryonebeginstowonderiftheyareonthewrongsideofhistory.
