In minimal space and with maximal sensitivity, Vanda Rozenbergová depicts the relationship of three characters, bringing to life poignant social topics and diagnosing the state of society. The book is a fictional autobiography of a young man, the narrator Bubi, whose adolescence is defined by his close, almost Oedipal relationship with his mother. Bubi’s life is an emotive map of cultural influences, gradually embossed with crime: together with his mother Lasička and her friend René, they risk their lives to rescue babies from inhumane conditions. With hope of a better future, they sell them to families in the West, as each of them deals with questions of ethics in his own way.