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.