The Solace of Trees tells the story of Amir, a young boy of secular
Muslim heritage who witnesses his family's murder in the Bosnian War.
Amir hides in a forest, mute and shocked, among refugees fleeing for
their lives. Narrowly escaping death, he finds sanctuary, and after a
charity relocates him to the United States, the retired professor who
fosters Amir learns that the boy holds a shameful secret concerning his
parents' and sister's deaths. Amir's years in the US bring him healing.
As Amir enters adulthood, his destiny brings him full circle back to the
darkness he thought he'd forever escaped.
Described from the perspective of a child victim, The Solace of Trees is
the lesser-told story of the tragedy of war, from the Bosnian War to the
US policy of government-sponsored abductions. A tale shared by countless
victims in countless times and places, it is both a sobering look at the
hidden cost of war and an affirmation of the human spirit.