In an unsafe world, against the backdrop of the struggle to survive the dark years of the Second World War, Ada, a 9-year-old girl, has her own battle to prove that she is no different from the others
Humiliated by her own mother because of a physical defect, captive in their one-room apartment, Ada takes advantage of the fact that all the children are evicted from London and, along with her brother Jamie, flee away from her mother's wretch. So they get to know Susan Smith, a shy woman, but who loves them as if they were her children.
And while the world is changing and everyone around you knows suffering and separation, Ada discovers love and respect.