A young woman swept off her feet, and swept away to a distant land...in a world on the brink of war... BIRCH HALL tells the story of Natalie Kumansky, a Russian-American woman in San Francisco who meets Sir John Carrington and quickly becomes his wife. As she settles into life as the Lady of Birch Hall, the shadow of war darkens their new life together. Through the grim realities of the conflict -- from air raids to the loss of friends and family -- Natalie clings to the hope that she may one day become a mother amid the uncertainty of the battle against totalitarianism. But as Nazi spies...