In an old bookshelf in her grandmother Rebecca’s half-ruined cottage, Rebecca finds a diary and a stack of letters from the 1940s. Soon it becomes clear that her family story is much more complicated than Rebecca ever thought. She ran away from home and for many years didn’t even see her mother. Now she must find out what dark secrets her beloved grandmother Anna had been hiding all those years.
Through the letters and diary, the story of World War II comes alive. Young Anna falls in love with Luca and is ready to risk everything when he asks her to help smuggle Jews across the strait—without suspecting that this interference will change their lives forever.
Rebecca realizes that she isn’t the only one who needs to reconcile with the past. But has enough time passed for the family to find their way back to each other?
A moving, hopeful story about how to survive tragedy and carry your love through decades. By Frida Șhibek, one of Sweden’s most iconic writers.