In 1996, Iaria, a single young woman living in Toronto, received 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 is she going to find out? Who were their parents? What drama lay behind them? Did they survive the communist oppression? The novel is a realistic portrayal of the women's drama during the establishment of communist regimes in post-war Europe. It is set at the end of the Second World War, reflecting on the dramatic changes imposed by the communist regime's rise to power in Eastern Europe. In their conquest, communists confiscated private property, including the most beautiful houses. The book unfolds across two time periods, 1950 and 1996, both of which are narratively intertwined in a dramatic soul-searching journey.