Ritka lives in the countryside with her sister and drinking parents. A nurse from the children’s home took third-grader Margot, a neat and tidy girl, into their family. Almost grown-up Goshka hopes that a bad reputation will protect her from those around her. But each of them has a chance to become happy. And all of them—one girl. From how her fate turns depends what name will become the real one.
A poignant story of a child who lost her parents and ended up in a children’s home is read in one breath. And yet the strongest thing in this book is something else: in the mixed chorus of voices telling the story of Margarita Novak, you can hear neither falseness nor cunning. The truth of feelings makes readers of any gender and age feel like the heroes themselves—prompting us to look back and perhaps, in time, extend a helping hand to someone.