Narrated by Emma Andreasen Moore

This is the true story of Jacqueline, one of the most glamorous women in Europe, pre-World War II, a gorgeous, red-haired, temperamental Parisian music hall star who married Kurt Laurentius, from a prominent Berlin family dominant in the German silk trade, an industry that, due to the use of silk in parachutes, would become tied to the world-wide ambitions of Adolph Hitler.

This is the story of their life together, Jacqueline, a woman of intense will and hauteur, and Kurt, handsome, hard-working and very anti-Nazi, whose life and health will be destroyed by the war—and Jacqueline's determination to save the life of their only child, Christiane, an ugly duckling daughter who would one day inherit Jacqueline's will, looks, and indominable sense of style.

This is a story of intense mother-daughter bonding, during the worst of times. It is a harrowing story of sheer survival against all odds, with an amazing, intense love in the middle of it. To the list of glamorous women during the World War II period that included Wallis Warfield Simpson, Rita Hayworth, and Marlene Dietrich, must be added the name of Jacqueline Laurentius, in this compelling story of love and survival in the hellfire of World War II, as candidly told by her daughter, Christiane Germain.

This is a spectacular true story of love against all odds-- a marriage between a glamorous, head-strong, fiery-tempered French dancer and music hall star and her handsome, stoic, dignified German husband from an old Berlin family, set in the horrors of Berlin and Europe during World War II. It is a true story, but reads like a novel. Jacqueline Laurentius will do anything to feed and save the life of her only child and daughter, Christiane, as well as that of her husband, Kurt, whom she loves-- including sleeping with the enemy, stealing food, and performing whenever possible. She does all this with total assurance, aplomb, and hauteur. The story of her life is a role that would make most movie stars salivate, and it's all true. This is a read that's hard to put down. This story mixes hair-raising dangers and deprivations with sheer star-power glamour. Women like Jacqueline Laurentius do not come around very often, and neither do stories like hers and her daughter Christiane Germain who wrote this compelling book about her life as a child, a teenager, and an adult who can finally stand on her own in the amazing presence of her mother.