

But family and friends are everything, right? Why, then, is Christian’s mother angry at his grandfather for having cancer and why is there no medicine for leukemia?Ĭhristian’s mother is a cleaning lady at the residence of the American ambassador. His family and his friends’ families are often cold and hungry especially in the winters in their small concrete flats. N 1989 17 year old Christian lives under the iron fist of Nicolae Ceaușescu in Bucharest, Romania.
