At the age of 11, Matti dreams of spending his holidays with his family, in his father's house in Finland, and he will fullfil fhis wish thanks to a big lie. But what eventually happens is that Matti, his little brother Sami and their parents find themselves homeless and without any money, in the middle of Finland.

“This short novel with a quick rhythm, with unexpected twists that astonish the readers and invite them to keep on reading, has very well developed characters and a good sense of humour and leaves the readers with a good taste in their mouth and some, nearly philosophical, questions in their minds (…).The plot leads the reader by means of lively dialogues and the narrator’s sharp observations and through a series of trickier and trickier situations that also make you wonder about dreams, about grown-ups’ lies and wishes not fulfilled, and about a society that leaves little room for both adults and children’s dreams” (Club Kirico).