The rainbow : .
(Book)

"Absolutely heartbreaking World War 2 historical fiction based on a true story" -- cover.

Nazi-occupied Poland, 1940. When soldiers drag Tomasz back to his familys farm, they put a gun to his head and tell him he must join the German army, or see his loved ones forced into the camps. Staring into the wide blue eyes of his childhood sweetheart Zofia, Tomasz does the only thing he can. Over the course of the war, he will risk his life, love and the respect of his own people, to secretly fight for good against evil. All the while, he longs to be reunited with Zofia but will his brave choices tear them apart forever? London, present day. Isla has grown up wearing her grandfathers rainbow scarf, a beloved memento from the Second World War, and hearing his stories about his time as a young soldier bravely fighting the Germans to protect his people. But as she is collecting photos for his 95th birthday celebration, she finds an old photograph of two men standing in Nazi uniforms, next to a folded piece of paper a newspaper article, written in German. She knows that name. Her grandfather is too weak to answer questions, so Isla begins her hunt for the truth. There is so much she doesnt know. And what she learns about a love story and a secret from seventy years ago will change her own life forever.