London just suffered a bombing. Enemy planes drift away, and in the city, people are struggling to win back what's left of their lives. In the midst of the chaos, a woman wanders alone, injured. She doesn't remember anything, not even her name. The only thing she knows is that she has lost something very dear. At the orphanage, little Jack waits for his mother to come pick him up. But his wishes are not fulfilled, and he soon finds himself aboard a ship, bound for Australia, toward a new family and an uncertain future. Thompson gives us on this occasion the story of many children who were forced to survive without family or protection in a strange land, building a wonderful and moving novel that testifies to the strength of human will and the inexhaustible power of love.