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When nine-year-old Eero’s father is killed in the war, his mother sends him to refuge in Sweden, a neutral country. Life in a foreign country, however, doesn’t get off to a good start. Eero discovers a letter from his mother who writes that Eero should perhaps stay in Sweden for good. Shocked and feeling abandoned, Eero becomes attached to his foster mother. The war ends and the children return to Finland and, once again, Eero must begin anew. The scars of war must be buried in the past. On the death bed of his aged mother, Eero looks his past in the eye. After decades of silence, he's finally ready to talk about the war, his mother’s choices, and his pain.

