Vera and Lucas grow up on two ends of the earth. Life is very different in Kamchatka and Chile, but loneliness is felt everywhere in the same way. And if you persistently and long-term send signals, then one day a miracle may happen.
In the evening, my mother and I go out to the ocean shore. I stand by the water and imagine that I would have a friend there, beyond the edge of the world. I take a flashlight out of my jacket pocket and shine it into the darkness above the sea. A short flash, two long ones, then another short one: dot-dash-dash-dot. Two dots, dot-dash-dash, dot, dash. In Morse code, this means: "hello." I blink into the darkness:
"Hi, my name is Vera. Hi, my name is Vera."
Recommended reader age: 6+
Author: Anna Desnitskaya
Editor: A. Kuvshinova, Galina Moiseeva
Year of issue: 2023
Publisher: Samokat
Pages: 48
Cover type: Hardcover
Dimensions: 170x240 mm
ISBN: 978-5-00167-456-6