
AftertheendofthewarinBosnia,Halima,agood-naturedpeasantwomanfromaremoteMuslimvillageinWesternBosnia,searchesfortheremainsofherhusbandandherteenageson,whoweretakenbySerbianparamilitaryforcesandexecuted.UsingDNAanalysis,theUNCommitteeforMissingPersonsmanagestoidentifytheremainsofherhusbandinoneofthemassgraves,buttheCommitteestillcan'tidentifytheremainsofherson,sinceHalimarefusestogiveabloodsampleforDNAtesting.ThereissomethingthattheCommitteedoesn'tknow,somethingthatHalimaishidingfromothers:herbelovedsonwasn'tactuallyherbiologicalson.Thestorytakesusbacktwodecadesago,duringtheperiodofYugoslavia,wherewelearnhowHalimaandherhusbandbecameadoptiveparents,afterfruitlesseffortstohaveachildontheirown.Alongwiththatstory,wefollowHalima'spathnowadayswhilesheissearchingforthebiologicalmotherofherson,theonlypersonwhocangiveablood.
