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War takes many things from you.
Your home. Your childhood. Your freedom.
But what happens when it cannot take away your will to live?
Mariah was just a girl when war entered her life.
Together with other young people from her town, she is kidnapped and forced to face a reality no child should ever have to know. Trapped by people who are supposed to be her own countrymen, Mariah finds herself caught in the brutal conflict between Russia and Chechnya.
Surrounded by fear, violence and death, childhood becomes a distant memory.
Yet, even in the darkest moments, life refuses to disappear.
Among the ruins of everything she once knew, Mariah discovers unexpected friendships, fragile bonds and feelings that make her remember what it means to be human. Love and hope become small acts of rebellion against a world determined to destroy them.
But surviving a war does not mean leaving it behind.
Years later, Mariah is an adult, but the past still lives inside her. The memories she tried to bury refuse to disappear, and she finally makes a decision: she will tell the world what happened.
Because some stories are too painful to remember...
...but too important to forget.
This is Mariah's story.
A story of war, captivity, friendship, love and survival.
The story of a snowdrop-delicate, beautiful, and crushed beneath the weight of war.