It is Ukraine, 1944. The world around her is ripped apart by war and infiltrated by Nazi soldiers, Savka Ivanets works as a medic for the Ukrainian resistance, stitching wounds by day, stealing supplies by night, and dodging firefights. When her husband, Marko, a member of the Waffen-SS, forces her to deliver a coded message to an underground bunker, shes afraid. But when her mission doesnt go as planned and her son, Taras, is kidnapped by the KGB, Savka fears shell never see him again.Jump to Salt Spring Island, 1972. For Jeanie Esterhazy, the world, with its whispers and curious eyes, is too much to bear. Ever since the horrific accident that left her badly scarred, Jeanie, unable to remember anything about that awful day, has pulled away from society, isolated.Then a mysterious stranger appears at her house, and Jeanie suddenly begins having flashbacks about the night of her weddingflashbacks that hold answers to the questions shes had for years; flashbacks that make her realize the world around her is not as it seems. Weaving together Savka and Jeanie's stories with precision, The Last Secret is at once luminous and transporting, a brilliant and impossible-to-forget story of love, hope, and the resilience of women.