November Child

Malchow German Democratic Republic 1980 20yearold Anne is hiding Juri a deserter of the Red Army The two fall in love with each other But their love is threatened there is an arrest warrant and possibly a death sentence waiting for Juri The two leave the country and flee to the West leaving Annes sixmonthold daughter Inga behind Inga grows up with her grandparents and thinks that her mother died during a swimming accident 25 years later she meets the literature professor Robert who sends her on the trail of her past He met Ingas mother Anne during one of his seminars At first Inga is resistant but then she asks for Roberts help Together they take off on a journey through Germany in search of Ingas mother Anne