A moving, coming-of-age tale that follows three young boys through adolescence into adulthood, each trying to make sense of a world turned upside down.Poland - 1939The German army sweeps across Poland intent on the destruction of an entire people. In a small Polish town, 10-year-old Piotr Kowalczyk's idyllic world will be forever destroyed. Croatia - 1944Young Mate Androic flees to the freedom of the West as the communist Partisans move ever closer to Zagreb. Australia - 1980A small boy, already struggling to cope with the loss of a parent, is confronted by a gruesome murder.From the tranquil foothills of the Carpathian Mountains in southern Poland, to the Balkans and a simmering-feud centuries in the making, to the streets of inner-city Melbourne where histories collide. These events, generations and worlds apart, are interwoven in a poignant story of grief, hatred, revenge and finally - closure.
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