A historical fiction novel set in Chechnya during the Second Chechen War, following the intertwined lives of an eight-year-old girl named Havaa, her kind neighbor Akhmed, and a doctor named Sonja. After Russian soldiers abduct Havaa's father, Akhmed shelters her at an abandoned hospital where Sonja works, and over five days, their interconnected pasts and the brutal circumstances of their present are revealed.
A historical fiction novel set in Chechnya during the Second Chechen War, following the intertwined lives of an eight-year-old girl named Havaa, her kind neighbor Akhmed, and a doctor named Sonja. After Russian soldiers abduct Havaa's father, Akhmed shelters her at an abandoned hospital where Sonja works, and over five days, their interconnected pasts and the brutal circumstances of their present are revealed.
