In the forests of Nazi-occupied Poland…
…Rose and her family are fighting to survive. But Rose sees another world entirely: the enchanted Forest of Arden, where she is rehearsing Shakespeare’s As You Like It for the wedding of a Duke and his Fairy Queen. If the performance succeeds, Rose believes the Queen may return the son she lost.
Her family reluctantly plays along, unsure whether Rose’s fantasy is a refuge—or a danger that could get them all killed. Then two wounded strangers stumble into their hiding place, and the fragile boundary between illusion and reality begins to collapse.
At once suspenseful, heartbreaking, darkly funny, and fiercely theatrical, As We Like It explores the stories we create to endure the unbearable—and the terrifying power of stories to heal, deceive, protect, and destroy.
When truth itself becomes dangerous, how can we distinguish a noble lie from a deadly one?