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Trahichna avarii͡a, u i͡akiĭ hyne p"i͡atyrichnyĭ Dz͡heĭkob, dokorinno zmini͡ui͡e z͡hytti͡a bahatʹokh li͡udeĭ, adz͡he prychetni do neï ïdutʹ hetʹ, navitʹ ne zupynyvshysʹ. Tak, z mist͡si͡a podiï moz͡hna vtekty, ale i͡ak utekty vid mynuloho? T͡Se pytanni͡a ne dai͡e spokoi͡u ni materi zahybloho khlopchyka, ni vynnym<br>v avariï, ni polit͡seĭsʹkym, shcho, rozpochavshy rozsliduvanni͡a, kruz͡hli͡ai͡utʹ khybnymy shli͡akhamy. Tilʹky zupynyvshysʹ i pohli͡anuvshy mynulomu v ochi,<br>heroï romanu otrymui͡utʹ te, choho prahnutʹ: pokaranni͡a dli͡a vynnykh i zvilʹnenni͡a vid ti͡ahari͡a provyny dli͡a reshty.

The tragic accident that kills five-year-old Jacob radically changes the lives of many people, because those involved in it leave without even stopping. Yes, you can escape from the scene, but how to escape from the past? This question does not give rest to either the mother of the deceased boy or the perpetrators
in the accident, there are no police officers who, having launched an investigation, are circling in the wrong ways. Only by stopping and looking the past in the eye,
the characters of the novel get what they want: punishment for the guilty and release from the burden of guilt for the rest.