It is the history of humanity told through the prism of one man's life
With the world still counting the cost of World War II and the Iron Curtain down, the life of eleven-year-old Roland Baines is turned upside down. Two thousand miles from his mother's protective arms, trapped in a boarding school, his vulnerability draws Miss Miriam Cornell, his piano teacher, and leaves her scarred and with the memory of a love that will never fade.
Now an adult, abandoned by his wife, who has left him alone with their young son, Roland is confronted with the reality of a troubled existence. And as the radiation from Chernobyl spreads across Europe, Roland begins to search for answers that go back deep into his family's history and will last him for the rest of his life
From the Suez crisis to the Caribbean crisis, from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the current problems of pandemics and climate change. Roland sometimes rides the wave of historical change, but more often he tries to fight it. He is burdened by lost opportunities and seeks solace wherever he can. His journey raises important questions for all of us. The Hours is an intimate and universal story about love, regret and the restless search for answers.
