Fast as if she believed she had her life under control. Yet within Theres still resides the deeply insecure girl she once was. One phone call, and her well-ordered arrangement comes crashing down. Ana is merely the cleaning lady; Theres' family idyll, along with its burdens, leaves her as indifferent as the everyday life of most middle-class people for whom she cleans up. Only with the elderly Mrs. Sudic does she share a special bond. Mrs. Sudic has endured the horrors of the Bosnian War and has not been defeated by powerlessness and rampant violence. Each of the three women harbors secrets. And one of them will face a terrible challenge: real and imagined threats escalate into a rollercoaster ride - until someone ends up dead. With her own tender precision, Anne Goldmann delves into the entanglements that cost so many women their sovereignty and ability to act.