It is a hot summer in Baltimore and private wars are being  waged.  Lila Farrish is an independent, strong-willed woman searching out a link to her past, little knowing that this will inadvertently lead her and those she knows to be caught up in the gang-related violence gripping the city. 

With the support of her neighbor Hannah, a Holocaust survivor, and her best friend Cecily, a woman protecting her son from his delinquent father, Lila comes to make peace with her life – a life that includes a son she never knew.  A SURVIVOR’S WAR is the story of enduring through “hell on earth” and the fragility of life.