Susan Shillinglaw Books

Lee Chong, the astute owner of the well-stocked grocery store, is also the proprietor of the Palace Flophouse that Mack and his troupe of good-natured 'boys' call home. Dora runs the brothel with clockwork efficiency and a generous heart, and Doc is the fount of all wisdom.

This compelling, moving and dignified novel was inspired by, and based upon, the Nazi invasion of neutral Norway. Set in an imaginary European country, is shows what happens when a ruthless totalitarian power is up against an occupied democracy with an overwhelming desire to be free.