Cry of the Heart

She gave away her child to save his life. Another woman took him in, at risk to herself.Viviane Renaud is a young mother living on the French Riviera in World War II. Times are hard but she is not the sort to be dismayed by circumstances. One day her life changes forever. A Jewish woman, fleeing from the authorities, begs her to take care of her little boy, David. Almost without thinking, Viviane agrees.Viviane's life is never the same again. She fabricates a story explaining how David came to be with her and tip-toes around the suspicions of her neighbours, her friends and most of all her mother and sister. She and her husband, Alain, find allies in unlikely places, particularly an American woman, Dorothy Pine.But when the German army occupies the Riviera, bringing with them the SS and the Gestapo, the peril for Viviane and her family grows deadlier. The challenge now is to survive.