About the book: 2022 / February 1954 in a small Czech town, nine-year-old Mira, despite her parents’ ban, goes to the river to ride on ice floes. As punishment, she is left without sweets at a family celebration. The coveted cakes are destined to play a fatal role in the life of the family; the girl remains an orphan and is forced to live with her strange, silent and sad aunt Ghana, a Holocaust survivor. Mira must unravel a family history that no one has ever talked to her about. The author tells the story so excitingly and dramatically that the reader gets the feeling that he is watching an action-packed film. Alena Mornsteinova’s novel, based on real events, has earned several literary awards and has been translated into many languages.