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This story was good but too rushed. It focuses on a man listening to his grandfather talk about his childhood in Nazi-occupied France and the loss of his true love. Despite crippling anxiety, the man agrees to go with his grandfather to France. The first half of the story would have worked better as a monologue, as it's just an old man rambling about the past. The second half started bringing the story to life, but then abruptly ended.

Max and Ada are composing a book of spells in a tree house when the Nazis come occupy the city. Max is in foster care; Ada is Jewish.

50 years later Max‘s mind is set on digging up the past and he wants his grandson Mark to join him across the English Channel. His dying wish is to shed light on the 2 missing women in his life: Ada and his mother. Mark though is struggling with his own existential crisis. Theres a missing woman in his life too.