
A moving story of a brother a sister & a swallow & how all are in some way victims of the horrors of landmines. Olly's brother Matt wants to go & work with children who have been made orphans through war in Africa. He wants to be a clown & make them laugh. His mother & sister want him to stay in England & go to university. Hero a swallow has a journey to make too. He must fly to Africa for the winter to join all the other swallows. His journey is difficult & fraught with danger. Three separate stories are woven into one powerful & moving novel whose central theme not only exposes the horrors of war & of landmines but also the endurance of the human spirit.