U tata, kolyshn′oho voyaka Ukrayins′koyi halyts′koyi armiyi, posttravmatychnyy rozlad. Mama dbaye pro vsich i schosyly vyprominyuye optymizm, choch yak, buvaye, opuskayut′sya ruky. Sofiyka zvykaye do novoho zhyttya v Amerytsi, kudy yiyi zhovkivs′ka simya mihruvala po Pershiy svitoviy. A sche — diznayet′sya dyvovyzhnu istoriyu pro te, yak chymerno pereplitayut′sya doli lyudey iz riznych krayin, scho nalezhaly do odniyeyi imperiyi. Trochy sumna, chasom smishna svitla povist′ pro istorychnu spadkoyemnist′ i podolannya travmy.