Riga, the early eighties. Mark runs a secondhand shop. With housing, but no house. With a registration, but no homeland. He lives without drama or upheaval, but he still can’t reach happiness—though it seems it’s right nearby. This search reshapes the hero’s life more than once, and returning to his ancestors’ land is only one step on the path toward finding himself. Miriam Zalmanovich’s debut novel sends the reader on a journey through the fates of people of that time—people whose streets in Vitebsk, Riga, and Haifa have not yet been forgotten. Meeting each character shows that there are no random encounters. And each hero leads the reader to their own, new path: with past sins, toward new happiness and peace that always seems within arm’s reach—but is constantly out of reach.