In 1920s Germany, 6-year-old twin sisters no sooner see their remaining parent buried than they are torn apart: Lotte goes to live with her upper-middle-class Dutch aunt in Holland, and Anna is sent to work on her German uncle's farm. The story follows their lives as they try to reconcile their differences while World War II impacts on each one's life. Finally in old age they meet again, hoping that the differences in their youth can finally be reconciled.—Anonymous