lies

In the small town of Molching, Germany, during World War II, a young girl named Liesel Meminger was living through a life-altering experience. She was not Jewish, nor did she belong to the oppressed. However, her life was bound by an intimate bond with words and the power they possessed, a bond that fate had tied her to.

Joel Backman, the man once known as the most influential power broker in Washington, swears under his breath as he looks out over the quiet, ancient streets of Bologna, Italy. He's not the same man he used to be - now, he's Marco Lazzeri, an average man studying Italian in a quaint language school. A tug of war between old habits and new realities.