The eight stories in this book take us on a journey through time and space: a fairytale world where a boy befriends an eagle, the Jewish quarter of Ankara during the Second World War, a ship sailing from Haifa to Istanbul, east of Eden just after the Fall, the peaceful town of Ion... these are just some of the stops along the way. Wherever or whenever the stories might be set, though, Yakup Almelek shows us that often a child can see what an adult cannot, that often what we think is good for us can hold unforeseen consequences, and that sometimes we will never understand how our grown-up minds work. Through these stories, we come to see that often the simplest questions yield the deepest answers.