About the book: 2002 / Eighteen-year-old Stephanie is serenely happy in her parents’ home, rich and prosperous. But an accidentally overheard conversation between her adored father and her beloved man reveals to the girl a monstrous truth. Everything that surrounds her turns out to be a deception, an illusion. She runs away from home and starts a new life in another country. Five years later, the past catches up with her, and the world changes again, but these are joyful changes. Although the incredulous Stephie does not immediately realize this truth…