In 1996, Iaria, a single young woman living in Toronto, receives an invitation to open a testament in Romania. She was adopted at an early age and knows nothing about her parents or their identities. What will she find out? Who were they? What drama lay behind them? Did they survive communist oppression? This novel uncovers the tragic changes imposed in post-war Europe and offers a realistic portrayal of women's suffering under the communist regime. The book unfolds across two time periods, 1950 and 1996, both of which are narratively intertwined in a dramatic soul-searching journey.