The riveting novel about the fate of a young nurse takes place in the backdrop of post -war Czechoslovak history. The girl returns home from the concentration camp, with Dresden a small non -speaking girl. After returning to the Czech Republic, he will head to the hospital in the borderland with a girl, where he finds a job. Both are gradually getting used to each other and the relationship between the mother and the daughter. They experience wild post -war years, the expulsion of Germans with red guards, and the advent of the Communists, whose practices of the heroes often resemble years experienced in the camp. Despite many difficulties both will eventually find a new home, friends and love ...