From the novel "At the Wolf's Table" by Rosella Postorino
　　Germany, 1943: Twenty-six-year-old Rosa Sauer’s parents are gone, and her husband Gregor is far away, fighting on the front lines of World War II. Impoverished and alone, she makes the fateful decision to leave war-torn Berlin to live with her in-laws in the countryside, thinking she’ll find refuge there. But one morning, the SS come to tell her she has been conscripted to be one of Hitler’s tasters: three times a day, she and nine other women go to his secret headquarters, the Wolf’s Lair, to eat his meals before he does.
　　Forced to eat what might kill them, the tasters begin to divide into The Fanatics, those loyal to Hitler, and the women like Rosa who insist they aren’t Nazis, even as they risk their lives every day for Hitler’s. As secrets and resentments grow, this unlikely sisterhood reaches its own dramatic climax, as everyone begins to wonder if they are on the wrong side of history.

 40岁的朱莉娅是一位事业有成的指挥家，她与伴侣格奥尔格一直渴望拥有自己的孩子。就在此时，维尔福特医生的出现为他们带来了希望。经过这位生育医生的成功治疗后，朱莉娅如愿以偿地怀孕了。 然而分娩过程完全偏离了预期——新生儿甫一落地就被立即带走，朱莉娅对发生的变故毫不知情。当终于被允许与孩子团聚时，她却感受到一种令人不安的疏离感。疑虑的种子在心中萌芽，她开始怀疑这个婴儿是否真是自己的骨肉。

 出于对伟大思想家莱布尼茨的爱，夏洛特女王委托为其绘制肖像。绘画过程变成了一场关于艺术、爱与绘画中真实性的戏剧性探索。

 蒂尔达是一名有数学天赋的学生，她的日子安排得十分紧凑：学习、收银、游泳、照顾10岁的妹妹艾达。因母亲酗酒、父亲不在身边，生活不如同龄人轻松。她们三人住在一个小镇里，她的朋友们早已离开这个小镇，住在阿姆斯特丹或柏林，只有蒂尔达留了下来，因为必须有人照顾艾达，赚钱，承担责任。 然而有一天，事情有了转机：一位善良的教授鼓励蒂尔达申请去柏林读博，一个充满自由希望的未来展现在眼前。这时，维克多出现了，他是伊万的哥哥。维克多和她一样，每天会在当地泳池游22个来回，以此掌控自己的生活。 但就在蒂尔达几乎相信一切都会变好的时候，家里的情况却完全失控了……