"Set in 1938 Chicago, this compelling, heartwarming, cross-generational story, takes place in the back rooms of Lady O'Riley's Pub and Rose Fleishman's Delicatessen. ... Peg O'Riley, the 13 year old granddaughter of Lady, has grown determined that these two stubborn, feisty, mistrustful widows will become friends, but it is not until they become involved in the same cause that their friendship has a chance to bloom. In a series of ... flashbacks, Peg, now older, remembers the ... story of how Lady and Rose formed a united front to fight American apathy in an attempt to bring Rose's nephew out of Europe before the war."--Page 4 of cover.