The small island of Ile de Feme,was a stark,rocky, landscape,where only the smallest of vegetable gardens could be coaxed to life.In 1939,its 138 men left the island to join British forces.The women, children, & old men left behind fended off starvation & the occupation of the Germans.These islanders,who had survived a harsh life over generations, found creative ways to communicate & resist. In present day, a memoir writer ends up on the island.🔽