Germany, 1943: While her father fights at the front, his daughter clings to the hope that he will return home one day. When her hometown is bombed out, she flees to the countryside with her mother: a new place, new faces, she is a stranger among strangers. There is no chance of her father finding her here - if he is still alive at all. Although they don't speak the same language, the daughter finds a friend in Anna, a young Ukrainian forced laborer. Without words, only through dance, they grow closer. But the war also tears Anna from her life. The girl stays behind, becomes a woman, the years pass, but time does not heal her wounds.
Based on a true story, Christina Laube and Mehrdad Zaeri tell the story of a girl who lost everything in the Second World War. With sensitive and visually stunning illustrations, this book is for all those who have no place for their grief and is also an impressive plea for peace.
