A deceptive vacation idyll. Long-kept secrets. Fateful encounters.
1977: The assassination of a young woman shakes Karlsruhe. The explosion destroys everything – the future, convictions and families.
2022: Committed student Hanna is a climate activist with high ambitions and a lot of anger in her stomach. Unexpected news takes her on a family vacation to the island of Crete, where a fateful encounter conjures up the ghosts of the past. Hanna is forced to set a new course for her life. Is she up to it?
A gripping novel about family ties, political ideals and the power of forgiveness.
«Four women, three generations and their ‘history’. A very readable portrait of our society.»
– Sabine Kruesemer, owner of the independent bookshop “herr holgersson”