What does it take for two people who are so dissimilar to form a deep bond of friendship? Does it take a war?
Unfolding against the backdrop of devastating current events, an unlikely friendship develops between 2 women of different cultures, different religions ¬– one a Muslim, the other a Jew –different generations and vastly different personalities. Set in Ukraine from just before the 2020 U.S. presidential election, informed by a growing, but ignored pandemic and finally, by Russia’s brutal invasion, we experience through Alla and Marina, the impact of catastrophic events on the lives of ordinary people whose hopes and dreams are stalled or dashed and ultimately, transformed.

While history plays out its savagery, and tragedy our protagonists learn volumes from each other and become their own new family.