When the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has closed, eleven-year-old Roland Baines's life is turned upside down. Stranded at boarding school, his vulnerability leaves scars as well as a memory of love that will never fade. From the Suez Crisis to the Cuban Missile Crisis, the fall of the Berlin Wall to the current pandemic, Roland sometimes rides with the tide of history, but more often struggles against it. Haunted by lost opportunities, his journey raises important questions for us all. Can we take full charge of the course of our lives without damage to others?
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