Thirteen years ago, Lena Beck vanished. Her parents have never given up hope of finding her. Then there's an accident and an injured woman bearing a tell-tale scar and called Lena is in the hospital waiting to be reunited with her family. But when her father shows up, he is devastated anew when he realizes that this woman is not his daughter. Stumbling from the hospital room into the hallway, he sees the young girl who was found with the injured woman. She is the spitting image of his daughter. How can this be? These women must know something about what happened to Lena, if he could just get them to talk to him. An admirable debut by a German writer. Told from various points of view, the damaged characters also look back to help us understand how we got to where we are. It draws you in rather slowly, but once there, you won't want to put it down.