The twins, Tessa and Theo, are born in England in 1916. Theo goes to Cambridge, Tessa to the Sorbonne; he to the RAF, her to the SOE. Tess's drop into France goes awry, but she survives. On her own, she finds a job on a farm until the Resistance finds her. She goes to work, but is soon captured and turned over to the Gestapo. No one in her family has any idea where she is or what she is doing. Theo is shot down on D-Day but survives and goes home to Oxford and his parents. After four years of flying Spitfires, his war is over. He goes to London to try and find out what happened to his sister. When he learns of the mission, he sets out for Paris. He lands a job with the security services and focuses on what happened to Tessa. He eventually learns that she likely died at Ravensbrück. The British government is embarrassed by the fact that it sent mostly unprepared, upper-class women to their deaths in France. Thirteen of the thirty-nine who parachuted in died. Tessa, because she was the only one to survive her drop, is thought to have been a traitor. Decades later, with the help of a young history doctoral candidate, the truth is found and Theo is overwhelmed with joy. Pretty good—plus, it thoroughly explores the role of twins in each other's lives and the overwhelming pain of losing the other
The twins, Tessa and Theo, are born in England in 1916. Theo goes to Cambridge, Tessa to the Sorbonne; he to the RAF, her to the SOE. Tess's drop into France goes awry, but she survives. On her own, she finds a job on a farm until the Resistance finds her. She goes to work, but is soon captured and turned over to the Gestapo. No one in her family has any idea where she is or what she is doing. Theo is shot down on D-Day but survives and goes home to Oxford and his parents. After four years of flying Spitfires, his war is over. He goes to London to try and find out what happened to his sister. When he learns of the mission, he sets out for Paris. He lands a job with the security services and focuses on what happened to Tessa. He eventually learns that she likely died at Ravensbrück. The British government is embarrassed by the fact that it sent mostly unprepared, upper-class women to their deaths in France. Thirteen of the thirty-nine who parachuted in died. Tessa, because she was the only one to survive her drop, is thought to have been a traitor. Decades later, with the help of a young history doctoral candidate, the truth is found and Theo is overwhelmed with joy. Pretty good—plus, it thoroughly explores the role of twins in each other's lives and the overwhelming pain of losing the other
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