Hiraeth is a word that roughly translates to "homesickness mixed with grief and sadness over the lost or departed, or a type of longing for the homeland or the romanticized past.” It represents a mixture of longing, nostalgia, wistfulness, and yearning. As people become adults they often experience a hiraeth for their childhood as they mourn the loss of their innocence. In the past few years due to the Covid pandemic, children and teens have taken the hit, missing out on important experiences and not learning crucial life skills, which makes them yearn for the time "before". This book is an accumulation of facts and statistics from articles relating to the different losses that children have faced because of the pandemic. As the book progresses the cutout statistics get larger and by the last page, there is barely any paper left.
