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War... Ruined lives, raped youth, abandoned children. Tollef Olsen starts searching for his biological mother, who abandoned him back in 1945. Thus, from Norway we are transported to Canada, where the elderly Natalia Muller lives. Why does she avoid meeting her son? What is she hiding? How will the search for justice end?

The value of Chantal Garan's novel lies not only in the delicate style and fascinating narrative composition, but also in its authenticity, because the work is based on real events. The author collected testimonies, worked in archives, and interviewed the main characters, whose names have been changed, of course. This is how Natalia's novel appeared in 2018, and in today's Ukraine it is gaining a new interpretation, starting with scenes of Lviv occupied by Soviet troops in 1940, the heroine's stories about Ukraine at that time, and the existential questions of our time: what does survival in war mean? Is there a "right choice" for a woman caught in this bloody maelstrom? A unique work!