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Beatrix Gerstberger

Beatrix Gerstberger, born in 1964, is a freelance author for various magazines. 20 years ago, when she lived in a lobster fishing village in Maine for six months, she wrote a bestselling book about the early death of her partner and the stories of other young widows. Many years later, she returned there, went out to sea with lobster fisherwomen, and spoke to them about life, loss, grief and moving on. The experience gave rise to the idea for this novel. Beatrix Gerstberger lives in Hamburg.

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The Lobster Women

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