Marina is twelve years old. She adores her father, a handsome man who smokes with such manly elegance and knows how to charm women with his deep voice. She can see that he wants to tell her something, something that will turn their lives upside down… yet again.

But the news of her parents’ newfound love causes neither collapse nor catastrophe any more than their separation did. Because in Marina’s family, nothing happens as it does in other families. Aren’t they forever changing their names? Moving from country to country? Aren’t they always starting a new life in places unknown to Marina: Peru, Chile, Portugal…?

In her first literary work, singer Bïa Krieger paints a captivating portrait of an atypical childhood amid the turbulence of South America. The daughter of Brazilian protesters during the military dictatorship, Marina plunges into life and navigates its streams like a fish in water.

This is a sparkling and colourful story whose lyrical prose brings to life an era when life seemed more full of life than it does today.