This is the story of two women: Sophia Turkiewicz, an award-winning Australian filmmaker, and her mother Helen. It is a story of survival and forgiveness, and finally a deeply affecting love story.
In her old age her daughter leads her through a rediscovery of the epic journey of her life, from Poland to a wartime Siberian gulag, and through Uzbekistan, Persia and a refugee camp in Africa before she comes to rest in Adelaide. Turkiewicz (Letters from Poland, Silver City) traces her own life in parallel with her mother's in an effort to make peace with their troubled relationship.
At once brave and gentle, this is a study of the way generations are inextricably connected by the thick and complex bonds of love.
