Our Darkest Night by Jennifer Robson

It's 1942 and Nina Mazin lives with her physician father, Gabriele, in Venice. Each day, she visits her mother, Devora, who lives in a home and is slowly slipping into dementia. Even though things are difficult for Jews, the Mazin family doesn't leave Italy, because Gabriele feels Devora wouldn't be able to survive the journey. In September 1943, Nina is persuaded to leave Venice and live in the Italian countryside as the "wife" of Nico, who was training to become a priest, but left when his older brother died in the war. Nico is now a farmer and lives with his large family outside the small village of Mezzo Ciel. Nina fits in well with the family and learns to adapt the hard work on the farm, but soon, an old schoolmate of Nico's, now a local Nazi official, comes calling. It's obvious he holds a grudge against Nico. Will Nina, Nico, and the rest of the family be able to stay safe until the war's end? In Our Darkest Night, author Robson highlights atrocities against Italian Jews, along with those who tried to help them.