At 18, Hanneke Bakker has the people-bluffing skills of a con artist, a taste for risk and a heart full of grief that should not have been hers for decades.
Her parents believe she works as a receptionist for an undertaker, Mr. Kreuk, which she does. Her more important work, though, is helping Mr. Kreuk with his sideline, acquiring goods using dead people's ration cards that he sells on the black market. Hanneke helps with the shopping and the deliveries. Her blonde good looks and quick wits help her slide by the attentions of Nazi soldiers she runs into on the streets of Amsterdam.
