Suffering from a genetic disease, Suzette Jensen always knew that motherhood would be a serious test for her. Still, she gives life to a baby girl, Hanne, believing that now she and Alex will have a real family. Feeling resentment toward her own mother, Suzette is determined to raise her daughter with love and care—things she was deprived of. But Hanne can be called a difficult child: at seven she can read and write, yet she hasn’t uttered a single word. With her bad temper, the girl doesn’t stay long anywhere—neither in kindergarten nor at school—forcing Suzette to transfer her to home schooling. Disdaining the rules set by her mother, the girl grows increasingly aggressive with each day. And only with her father does Hanne behave like an angel—for Alex, she is his “lilla gumman.” Suzette is convinced their daughter is an excellent manipulator and hates her mother. Only Suzette notices the jealousy and hatred in Hanne’s eyes. And the more effort the girl makes to separate her parents, the more Suzette starts to fear for her own life...