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Louisa's mother has died, and her family moves to her father's Pennsylvania hometown. When a disconnected phone in the attic rings, Louisa is shocked to hear her dead grandmother revealing family secrets. Alternating between Louisa's modern-day story and her grandfather's struggles in WWII-era Sweden, Lidh's debut balances a light story line of boy trouble with deeper messages about morality and family.