I Can't Even See the Dark: Conversations on Hope

Six women and six incredible stories about the strength they had to find within themselves to overcome their hardships and move on. How does the child influence the family environment? Does faith help people in life? What coincidences can intervene in life and change it completely? So much is piled on someone that we wonder how they can bear it? Aleš Palán's book presents the fates of women who have pulled a black Peter in their lives.

Michaela Pazourková. He's not making things easy for himself, quite the opposite. She has earned the respect of the mafia with her directness and harshness towards strangers, but she is no longer like that in her personal life and has been paying the price all her life. Reads Pavla Beretová

Denisa Halašová. The author himself says that he expects fruits beyond the horizon. Despite her health difficulties, she looks at the world optimistically and many refer to her as "sunshine", even though she has been and is going through literally hell. Read by Vanda Hybner

Jana Vinkler. She and her husband had to get over the loss of their son. In addition to the feelings that accompany this tragic event, he also describes the effort to find the truth. To this day, however, he does not know what happened to his son. Reads Jitka Smutná

Sieglinde Kralik. Despite her German nationality, she remained in Bohemia after the end of the Second World War. Coexistence with the locals in the border region was not easy, but she did not become bitter and to this day she does everything she can to heal the wounds between Czechs and Germans. Read by Hana Kofránková

Apollo. She does not live an easy life either and those who should have been closest to her and protected her have failed. This is also why she went blind at the age of almost sixteen after falling from the ground. But these are not the only physical (and psychological) scars. Yet she is independent and her story can help others. Reads Pavla Vojáčková

Aneta Tomanová. She is the youngest, but in her short life she has experienced more than her peers. An inappropriate home environment, drugs and juvenile detention brought her to the edge of the abyss. However, she has found that this is not the way to go and is trying hard to reintegrate into society. Reads Marie Štípková