:Anastasia Zemanova is a 14- year old Russian Jew, in the year 1942. And her Carefree life is about to change. She still doesn't completely understand why her family is observant, but she trusts her mother and older sister to keep her safe. Forced to hide in a small peasant household, she is frustrated and scared. As the weeks turn into months, her faith and hope In her mother and sisters safety is dwindling. With her unusual crazy red hair she is distrusted by the villagers. And when her Judaism is discovered, she is forced to leave. She wanders aimlessly from village to village. With hopes of only her survival.

When 18 year old Lena's mother and her baby brother die in a car crash, she is left with her dead beat drunk dad. But now that she is 22 she decides to go back to her old house to go down memory lane. When she finds a picture of her mom holding a mysterious box in the woods she decides to go to that same spot. What Lena finds in the box will take her on a journey she never thought possible.