Zosia, a faithless Catholic and grieving widow, has sacrificed herself to save her dying son from the Gestapo. She takes his place as a prisoner and is sent to work as a slave on a farm in Germany, where the only things keeping her alive are the hope of her children’s survival and the occasional stolen chicken.Once World War II ends and peace settles over Europe, Zosia’s driving goal is to return to Poland, to the children she left behind....