‘Perhaps the forest wasn’t just a refuge. Perhaps it was a place where she could finally be free.’
In order to write her new book in peace, author Elli Hajek retreats to a remote house in the woods. Here she is reminded of a character her Czech grandmother once told her
about: Viktorka, the young woman who was declared insane after a serious incident and from then on lived alone in the Bohemian forest.
When Elli learns that Viktorka really existed, she travels to the country she herself fled as a child. Elli wants to find out more – but deep in the forest, between glowing ferns and a rushing river, another task awaits her: before she learns the truth about Viktorka, Elli must face her own repressed history.
A touching tribute to the grandmothers who shape our lives and give us so much. A story about the power of fairy tales and the art of storytelling.