Mina was adopted from Ethiopia by Judith and Lionel, a married couple who already were the parents of a biological daughter. Though she was abandoned by her mother as a baby, it didn't really seem to have much of an impact on her. But when Mina turns thirteen, an identity crisis takes a hold of the girl. She is caught between two worlds - and feels nowhere at home. Mina snaps and descends into a destructive downwards spiral. Jealous of her non-adopted sister, she starts acting out, pitting her father and mother against each other and thereby dividing the entire family. Judith and Lionel don't know what to do. Will their parental love and kindness be enough to heal Mina's wounds?
Following a heart transplant, Florence opens up to the painful questions of identity raised by her adopted daughter, Zoé, when she discovers that her donor, Ana, was also an adopted child. Determined, along with Ana's father Simon, to uncover the reasons behind her mysterious death, Florence hopes that understanding Ana's tragic fate will help her save her own daughter, who is in the throes of adolescence...
Unsettling nightmares after a transplant drive Florence to research the origin of her new heart. This act creates a terrifying question: was her donor murdered?
