Life gives people as much as they can handle. Ivana Fajnorová's debut novel, which you should definitely not miss.

Emilka was born during the First Republic in a village near Brno and left when her country became free again. She never left this region and lived her life in the 20th century full of events, the consequences of which she could not influence. Although Emilča's life was interwoven with the joys and pains of an ordinary person, she never lost the strength to face them bravely. This novel is about true humanity, about the beauty of pure goodness and about the souls of ordinary people whose stories we know even from our own surroundings.