Nearly four years after leaving Vienna to escape the Nazis, sixteen-year-old Stephie Steiner and her sister, eleven-year-old Nellie, are still living in Sweden, worrying about their parents, striving to succeed in school, and at odds with each other despite their mutual love.
General Note
Companion book to: A faraway island and The lily pond.
"Originally published in Sweden as Havets djup by Bonnier Carlsen, Stockholm, in 1998"--T.p. verso.