Liv umerla, kogda ey bylo vsego shest let. Lodka s malenkoy devochkoy razbilas nochyu v more. Po krayney mere, takuyu istoriyu povedal vlastyam ee otets Yens. Realnost zhe okazalas sovsem inoy. . .
V krohotnom dome na uedinennom ostrove, za korobkami s raznym hlamom, zapolonivshim masterskuyu Yensa Haardera, sredi iskusnyh derevyannyh grobov i zastyvshih v smole nasekomyh, pryachetsya ego doch. Ona ne hodit v shkolu, ne druzhit so sverstnikami, provodit vremya, obschayas s derevyami. I vse potomu, chto Yens, stradayuschiy navyazchivym povedeniem, slishkom silno ee lyubit. On pytaetsya zaschitit Liv, ukryt ee, spryatat ot tselogo mira. . .
I eta lyubov, pererosshaya v oderzhimost, iskrivlyaet realnost devochki. Dlya nee norma - po nocham probiratsya k sosedyam i vorovat ih veschi. Norma - brat-bliznets, kotorogo nikto ne vidit. Norma, kogda otets ubivaet babushku. No odnazhdy privychnaya zhizn semi Haarder nachinaet rushitsya. . .
Trevozhnaya i dusherazdirayuschaya istoriya o tom, chto mozhet sluchitsya, kogda vy slishkom silno lyubite kogo-to. Kogda zhelanie zaschitit stanovitsya tem, chto prichinyaet naibolshiy vred.