As their dangerous situation escalates, the two women are forced to make a terrible decision that will bind them together for the rest of their lives. But before long, Pauline uncovers a perilous secret that Camille has been hiding from her. Camille offers Pauline a room in her house, and the two women become friends. In the town of Noyelles-sur-Mer, Camille Roussel is planning her escape from an abusive marriage and seeking to end a love affair that can no longer continue. To prevent the union, she needs the help of her cousin Theo, who is working in the French countryside as a translator for the Chinese Labour Corps. In the final days of the First World War, Pauline Deng runs away from her uncle’s home in Paris to evade a marriage being arranged for her in Shanghai.
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