Where you run out of breath

Sometimes the most beautiful things in life happen when you don't plan for them. At nineteen, with courage and her heart on her sleeve, Marie Šabatková embarks on her first great adventure before her final year at the Waldorf Lyceum. Her companion is an exceptional red-headed boy, full of wit and with an unusual knack for seeing through harebrained schemes. Together, they open the door to a world of hunger, cold, chance and miracles, of physical and emotional pain, and of dwindling breath. Their memories from Central Asia gave birth to this book, which invites you to plunge into all these horrors and wonders alongside them, and to glimpse into the minds and hearts of two secondary school students stepping beyond the borders of Europe for the first time. As they explore unfamiliar cultures and environments, they are accompanied by both fear and immense awareness, love, and the belief that wonderfully magical miracles might be waiting just around the corner.