Lola Lafon's book is a novel about a gymnastics star, an icon of Eastern European communism and a symbol of its collapse. Nadia Comaneci is a famous Romanian gymnast, five-time Olympic champion, two-time world champion, nine-time European champion. Its rise came at the end of the communist era in Romania and Eastern Europe in general. Nadya's fate became a symbol of the rise and rapid collapse of communist ideology. Lola Lafon's book is not a documentary biography, it is a portrait of the times and a portrait of a merciless regime that crushed not only ordinary people, but also those whom it elevated to the top. The fate of Nadia Comaneci is surprisingly dramatic and full of almost detective events. Nadya, whom the world knew as a fragile baby fluttering over sports equipment, is in fact full of contradictions and even secrets. So who is Nadia Comaneci? A robot girl, a child of a totalitarian regime, or a woman who has spent her entire life trying to fly above the rest?