The biggest events are not the loudest, but our quietest hours (author unknown). The opening thought of Nada Polajžer's debut book THE QUIETEST HOURS announces the sensitive and powerful confessional writing of a mother of a child with special needs. The author does not focus on defectological or medical topics, but turns her gaze inward to the mother's experience; in this process, she "extracts gold from lead". It is the confession of a mother who was deeply marked by motherhood. And yet we have the feeling that behind every page turned, light shines.