Nadine Schneider - Das gute Leben

Anni, who fled Ceaucescu's Romania in the mid-1960s, raises her daughter and granddaughter alone in Germany, the country of the economic miracle. She earns money packing parcels at the Quelle mail-order company in Nuremberg. After her death, her granddaughter inherits Anni's house and begins to come to terms with her own history.

Four generations of women are at the center of the family story, which is told from a Romanian-German perspective. The central themes are origin, flight, belonging and homesickness. They all strive for the good life mentioned in the book's title. A quiet, literary book with vivid descriptions that won't let go.

Attention: Only in German